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Custom Humble Chinese & Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

We have many options to create artwork with Humble characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Humble Asian character tattoo, you can purchase that here: Asian / Chinese / Japanese Tattoo Image Service ...and we'll give you many tattoo image templates of the ancient Asian symbols that express the idea of humble.

Quick links to words on this page...

  1. Humble
  2. Humble / Modest
  3. Humble / Modesty / Humility
  4. Humility / Being Humble
  5. Korean CKD Virtues
  6. Moderation
  7. Modesty

Humble

qiān gōng
謙
恭

The first character means "modest". The second means "respectful".

See Also...  Modesty | Purity

Humble / Modest

qiān xū
ken kyo
겸허
謙
虛

In Chinese and Korean, the first character means "modest". The second means "empty". Together these characters reinforce the ideas of modesty and being empty of ego.

This can also be translated as humbleness or humility.

In Japan, they tend to use a slightly-simplified version of the second Kanji for this word. It also happens to be an alternate/simplified version used in China too. If you want to order the modern Japanese/simplified version, just click in the Kanji image shown to the right, instead of the button above.

See Also...  Moderation

Humble / Modesty / Humility (Japanese)

qiān xū
ken kyo
겸허
謙
虚

In Japanese, first Kanji means "self-effacing", "humble oneself", "condescend", "be modest". The second means "void" or "emptiness".

This is the most common way to say humble or modest in Japanese without a derogatory meaning (some other words suggest weakness, but this version holds a better humble meaning).

See Also...  Moderation

Humility / Being Humble

qiān xùn
kenson
겸손
謙
遜

Being humble is considering others to be as important as yourself. You are thoughtful of their needs and willing to be of service. You don't expect others or yourself to be perfect. You learn from your mistakes. When you do great things, humility reminds you to be thankful instead of boastful.

These characters can also be translated as modesty.

Also sometimes used in Japanese to express humility with an essence of modesty.

See Also...  Modesty | Humility

Korean CKD Virtues

qiān xùn zhèng zhí wēn róu rěn nài kè jǐ bù qū
겸손정직온유인내극기불굴
忍
耐
克
己
不
屈
謙
遜
正
直
溫
柔

Characters shown
above are read
vertically, starting
from the right

These are the virtues used by Choi Kwang Do Martial Arts.

This is a word list, containing these tenets:
1. Humility (Humble / Modesty)
2. Honesty (Integrity)
3. Gentleness
4. Perseverance (To Endure)
5. Self-Control (Self-Restraint)
6. Unbreakable Spirit (Unyielding / Unbending)

The characters shown here are the ancient Korean Hanja form of writing. If you wish for a Korean Hangul form of these tenets, we can arrange that with our Master Calligrapher Xing An-Ping.

Korean Pronunciation:
1. gyeom son
2. jeong jig
3. on yu
4. in nae
5. geug gi
6. bur gur


Moderation

jié zhì
sessei
절제
節
制

Moderation is creating a healthy balance in your life between work and play, rest and exercise. You don't overdo or get swept away by the things you like. You use your self-discipline to take charge of your life and your time.

This word can also be translated as "self-restraint" or "temperance".

See Also...  Prudence | Ethics | Humility

Modesty

qiān xùn
kenson
겸손
謙
遜

We have also used this word as "Humility" in another listing. Depending on context, it can be translated as modesty, humbleness or humility. The first character means "modesty" while the second means "yielding". Together it could be stated as "yielding modesty".

See Also...  Chastity | Prudence | Moderation

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You should look at these ready-to-ship pieces of artwork:

Zheng Banqiao - Eccentric of Yangzhou - Wall Scroll

Zheng Banqiao
Eccentric of Yangzhou
Wall Scroll

This humble man went from poor to a high ranking official. Then gave it all up to keep from corrupting his integrity and to pursue his own art. He is known as one of the Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou.


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All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.

When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.

Therefore, allow a few weeks for delivery from the time you place your order. Rush options are available!

When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.

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
Humble谦恭
謙恭
n/aqiān gōng
qian gong
ch`ien kung
qian1 gong1
qiangong
chienkung
chien kung
Humble / Modest谦虚
謙虛
ken kyo
kenkyo
qiān xū
qian xu
ch`ien hsü
qian1 xu1
qianxu
chienhsü
chien hsü
Humble / Modesty / Humility (Japanese)謙虚
謙虚
ken kyo
kenkyo
qiān xū
qian xu
ch`ien hsü
qian1 xu1
qianxu
chienhsü
chien hsü
Humility / Being Humble谦逊
謙遜
kensonqiān xùn
qian xun
ch`ien hsün
qian1 xun4
qianxun
chienhsün
chien hsün
Korean CKD Virtues谦逊正直温柔忍耐克己不屈
謙遜正直溫柔忍耐克己不屈
n/aqiān xùn zhèng zhí wēn róu rěn nài kè jǐ bù qū
qian xun zheng zhi wen rou ren nai ke ji bu qu
ch`ien hsün cheng chih wen jou jen nai k`o chi pu ch`ü
qian1 xun4 zheng4 zhi2 wen1 rou2 ren3 nai4 ke4 ji3 bu4 qu1
chien hsün cheng chih wen jou jen nai ko chi pu chü
Moderation节制
節制
sessei
sesei
jié zhì
jie zhi
chieh chih
jie2 zhi4
jiezhi
Modesty谦逊
謙遜
kensonqiān xùn
qian xun
ch`ien hsün
qian1 xun4
qianxun
chienhsün
chien hsün

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 "humble" 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.

Some people may refer to this entry as Kanji, Characters, in Mandarin Chinese, Characters, in Chinese Writing, in Japanese Writing, in Asian Writing, Ideograms, Chinese symbols, Hieroglyphics, Glyphs, in Chinese Letters, Hanzi, in Japanese Kanji, Pictograms, in the Chinese Written-Language, or in the Japanese Written-Language.



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