<p>First of all, what you are saying doesn't even exists in Chinese. 
Chinese magic emphasis ritual and 心法口诀. It never specifically mention any gesture. Let alone a combination of multiple gestures.
So your translation is determined by what magic system you use.
If your system is based on naruto. I think you already got the answer.
If your system is based on western magic. The I think "spell" is the word you are looking for.</p>

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Yi Shen
<p>Over here, I'm taking an educated guess here but I think you may be focussing on Chinese Taoism/Taoists or something that focusses on "fairy/divine/immortal" (仙) where there is an element of magic/Taoist spells being involved that are composed of rituals, symbols and hand movements. </p>

<p>A less literal translation would be "invocation" as in the invocation of a spell or magic.</p>

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mding5692
<p>By "手中法訣", I mean where their hands are rapidly moving in certain patterns in a special movement, but I don't know what's it called (if there's a name for it) nor how to say it english.</p>

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Like in the ones they used in Naruto? I never read the English version. But I think it should count as a type of maneuver.
user1228520
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Find one on wiki. http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hand_Seals. So maybe "hand seals" is what your looking for?
FortCpp
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Or is it "mudras", which is basically the same as "hand seals"?
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What would be an english translation for "手中法訣"?
# What would be an english translation for "手中法訣"?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-04-22)

By "手中法訣", I mean where their hands are rapidly moving in certain patterns in a special movement, but I don't know what's it called (if there's a name for it) nor how to say it english.

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Like in the ones they used in Naruto? I never read the English version. But I think it should count as a type of maneuver.  
> **username_2**: Find one on wiki. http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hand_Seals. So maybe "hand seals" is what your looking for?  
> **username_3**: Or is it "mudras", which is basically the same as "hand seals"?  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_4 on 2015-06-10. Score: 2

First of all, what you are saying doesn't even exists in Chinese.
Chinese magic emphasis ritual and 心法口诀. It never specifically mention any gesture. Let alone a combination of multiple gestures.
So your translation is determined by what magic system you use.
If your system is based on naruto. I think you already got the answer.
If your system is based on western magic. The I think "spell" is the word you are looking for.


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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-06-10. Score: 1

Over here, I'm taking an educated guess here but I think you may be focussing on Chinese Taoism/Taoists or something that focusses on "fairy/divine/immortal" (仙) where there is an element of magic/Taoist spells being involved that are composed of rituals, symbols and hand movements.

A less literal translation would be "invocation" as in the invocation of a spell or magic.


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