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Below you will find the titles for Angel (Messenger of Heaven) as well as transliterations for the name Angel into Mandarin Chinese.
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![]() This is the meaning of Angel in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the most common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Angel. ![]() ![]() This is another common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Angel. This one misses the mark too - It uses a hard "H" sound to simulate the "J" sound of the "G" in this name. I don't know who transliterated these first and how it became the standard. ![]() This is the title Archangel in Chinese and old Korean Hanja. ![]() ![]() This is the title used for guardian angel in Chinese and Japanese Kanji. It's used in the same way that we use this title in the west - such as a guardian angel watching out for you, and allowing you to survive a disaster or accident. ![]() This is a blessing exchanged between Chinese Christians. See Also... Guardian Angel This is the title for the Holy Mother, Madonna, or Virgin Mary as used by Catholic Chinese, Korean, and Japanese people. I think this would be a very cool wall scroll for a devout Catholic who also appreciates Asian artwork and language. ![]() This is the more religious and sometimes superstitious word for protection in Chinese. It's sort of a blessing of protection, and is often translated as "bless and protect", "blessing", or "to bless". See Also... Guardian Angel ![]() This is not the most common word for a wall scroll, but this is the word for protection in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. See Also... Guardian Angel ![]() ![]() ![]() This is the universal word for protector in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. See Also... Guardian Angel This is the simple, single-character religious form of "saint" in Chinese (also holds same meaning in Japanese and Korean, though rarely used alone like this). ![]() This is the religious way to express the idea of "Saint" in Chinese, Korean Hanja and Japanese Kanji. Some may translate this as "Holy man" or "Holy person". This can mean saint, sage, or holy man. |
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "medium size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese
| Title | Characters Simplified Traditional |
Japanese Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Angel / Messenger of Heaven | 天使 天使 | ten shi tenshi | tiān shǐ tian shi t`ien shih | tian1 shi3 tianshi tienshih tien shih |
| Angel | 安琪儿 安琪兒 | n/a | ān qí ér an qi er an ch`i erh | an1 qi2 er2 anqier anchierh an chi erh |
| Angel | 安赫尔 安赫爾 | n/a | ān hè ěr an he er an ho erh | an1 he4 er3 anheer |
| Archangel / Arch Angel | 大天使 大天使 | n/a | dà tiān shǐ da tian shi ta t`ien shih | da4 tian1 shi3 datianshi tatienshih ta tien shih |
| Guardian Angel | 守护天使 守護天使 | syu go ten shi syugotenshi | shǒu hù tiān shǐ shou hu tian shi shou hu t`ien shih | shou3 hu4 tian1 shi3 shouhutianshi shouhutienshih shou hu tien shih |
| God Bless You / May God Protect You | 上帝保佑 上帝保佑 | n/a | shàng dì bǎo yòu shang di bao you shang ti pao yu | shang4 di4 bao3 you4 shangdibaoyou |
| Holy Mother / Saint Mary | 圣母 聖母 | seibo | shèng mǔ sheng mu | sheng4 mu3 shengmu |
| Blessings and Protection | 保佑 保佑 / 保祐 | n/a | bǎo yòu bao you pao yu | bao3 you4 baoyou |
| Protection | 庇护 庇護 | hi go higo | bì hù bi hu pi hu | bi4 hu4 bihu |
| Protector | 保护者 保護者 | hogosha | bǎo hù zhě bao hu zhe pao hu che | bao3 hu4 zhe3 baohuzhe |
| The Saint | 圣 聖 | sei | shèng sheng | sheng4 sheng |
| The Saint | 圣者 聖者 | seija | shèng zhě sheng zhe sheng che | sheng4 zhe3 shengzhe |
| Holy Man / Saint | 圣人 聖人 | seijin | shèng rén sheng ren sheng jen | sheng4 ren2 shengren |
If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why I spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "Angel" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.
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