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Buy a Custom Daughter Chinese or Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

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Quick links to words on this page...

  1. God Daughter
  2. Mother and Daughter
  3. Baby
  4. Beauty / Beautiful
  5. Beautiful Girl
  6. Beautiful Woman
  7. Mother and Son
  8. Strong Woman

God Daughter

jiào nǚ
教
女

This is the title for a female child in which you have a sworn duty to raise, should the girl's parents die. The second character specifically designates that we are talking about a female child, thus the title God Daughter.

See Also...  Family

Mother and Daughter

mǔ nǚ
모녀
母
女

This simply means "mother and daughter" kind of as a unit, or as if mother and daughter are a whole together.

This is an unusual selection for a calligraphy wall scroll, and can be read many different ways. Your native Asian friends might wonder what you are trying to say. They might even read it as meaning "a mother and daughter without a dad".

This entry was added to our database for a customer's special request. It has the same meaning in Chinese Characters and Korean Hanja.

See Also...  Mother And Son

Baby

bǎo bao
寶
寶

This is how Chinese people express "baby". It's the same character twice, and therefore literally means "double precious" or "double treasure".

This would be a nice wall scroll to put either inside or by the door of your baby's room (not on the door, as wall scrolls swing around wildly when hung on doors that open and close a lot).

Baby (Japanese Only)

nyuu ji
乳
児

This a common two-Kanji way to write "baby" in Japanese. This can also be translated as "infant" or "suckling baby".

Baby (Japanese)

akan bou
赤
ん
坊

This one way that Japanese people express "baby".

Beauty / Beautiful

měi
bi
美

This word is often used to describe the beauty of a woman. It's also the first character in the word for "beauty salon" which you will see all over China.

For a bit of trivia: The title for the "USA" in Chinese is "Mei Guo" which literally means "Beautiful Country". This name was bestowed at a time before Chairman Mao came to power and decided that China didn't like the USA anymore (even though we fought together against the Japanese in WWII). But these days, Chinese people love Americans (but have distaste for American politics and policy). But I digress...

This is also how "Beautiful" is written in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja.

See Also...  Beautiful Woman | Beautiful Girl

Beautiful Girl

měi lì de gū niang
美
麗
的
姑
娘

This is the best way to express "beautiful girl" in Chinese.

See Also...  Beautiful Woman | Beauty

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Beautiful Woman

měi lì de nǚ rén
美
麗
的
女
人

This is the best and most polite way to express "beautiful woman" in Chinese.

Note: Some people may like the simple 2-character way to express this, but there are some bad connotations with that, so better to stay with this longer and more respectful title.

See Also...  Beautiful Girl | Beauty

Mother and Son

mǔ zǐ
bo shi
모자
母
子

This simply means "mother and son", or the essence of the relationship and bond between mother and son.

This is really a single word that expresses this idea (showing how important or significant this bond is).

This is not the most common choice for a wall scroll, it is acceptable if you feel this term is important to you.

See Also...  Mother And Daughter

Strong Woman

nǚ qiáng rén
女
強
人

This is the best way to say "strong woman" or "strong and independent woman" in Chinese.

Grammar in China is a bit different, so these three characters literally read as "female strength person" or "woman strong person". This might sound funny in English, but this is a natural-sounding title in Chinese.

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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)

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.


A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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.



See: Our list of specifically Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls. And, check out Our list of specifically old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.

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
God Daughter教女
教女
n/ajiào nǚ
jiao nv
chiao nü
jiao4 nv3
jiaonv
Mother and Daughter母女
母女
n/amǔ nǚ
mu nv
mu nü
mu3 nv3
munv
Baby宝宝
寶寶
n/abǎo bao
bao bao
pao pao
bao3 bao
baobao
Baby (Japanese Only)乳児
乳児
nyuu ji
nyuuji
nyu ji
n/a
Baby (Japanese)赤ん坊
赤ん坊
akan bou
akanbou
akan bo
n/a
Beauty / Beautiful
biměi
mei
mei3
mei
Beautiful Girl美丽的姑娘
美麗的姑娘
n/aměi lì de gū niang
mei li de gu niang
mei li te ku niang
mei3 li4 de gu1 niang
meilideguniang
Beautiful Woman美丽的女人
美麗的女人
n/aměi lì de nǚ rén
mei li de nv ren
mei li te nü jen
mei3 li4 de nv3 ren2
meilidenvren
Mother and Son母子
母子
bo shi
boshi
mǔ zǐ
mu zi
mu tzu
mu3 zi3
muzi
Strong Woman女强人
女強人
n/anǚ qiáng rén
nv qiang ren
nü ch`iang jen
nv3 qiang2 ren2
nvqiangren
nüchiangjen
nü chiang jen

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 "daughter" 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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