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You can buy a wall scroll with Mark in Chinese characters.

We've carefully transliterated Mark into Mandarin and can offer many custom Chinese calligraphy options for Mark.

Quick links to words on this page...

  1. Angel
  2. Mark the boat to find the lost sword...
  3. Golden Anniversary / 50th Wedding Anniversary
  4. Inspiration
  5. Mark
  6. Tai Chi Chuan / Tai Ji Quan

Angel

(Name Version 1)

ān qí ér
安
琪
兒

This is the most common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Angel.
It is supposed to sound like Angel, but to be honest, this one misses the mark.

I would go with the meaning of Angel if I were you.

Angel

(Name - Version 2)

ān hè ěr
安
赫
爾

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.
Again, I recommend using the meaning of Angel above.

If anything, this is the more masculine form of Angel. This is also the form commonly used for the masculine Latin name Ángel.

Mark the boat to find the lost sword
Ignoring the changing circumstances of the world

kè zhōu qiú jiàn
kokushuukyuuken
각주구검
刻
舟
求
劍

This is a warning to people that things are always in a state of change. Thus, you must take that into account, and not depend on the old ways, or a way that may have worked in the past but is no longer valid.

This idiom/proverb comes from the following story:
A man was traveling in a ferry boat across a river. With him, he carried a valuable and treasured sword. Along the way, the man became overwhelmed and intoxicated by the beautiful view, and accidentally dropped his prized sword into the river. Thinking quickly, he pulled out a knife, and marked on the rail of the boat where exactly he has lost his sword.

When the boat arrived on the other side of the river, the man jumped out of the boat and searched for his sword right under where he'd made the mark. Of course, the boat had moved a great distance since he made the mark, and thus he could not find the sword.

While this man may seem foolhardy, we have to take a great lesson from this parable: Circumstances change, so one should use methods that can handle the change. In modern China, this is used in business to mean that one should not depend on old business models for a changing market.

FYI: This idiom dates back to the Spring and Autumn period (770–476 BC).

Golden Anniversary / 50th Wedding Anniversary

xìng fú jīn hūn
kou fuku kin kon
幸
福
金
婚

This means "Happy Golden Anniversary" and is a great gift for a couple who is celebrating 50 years together.

The first two characters mean happy, blessed, or happiness.

The last two characters mean, "couple's golden anniversary". It literally means "golden wedding" or "golden marriage", but this is only used for the 50-year-mark of a marriage (the same way we use gold to represent 50 years in the west).

This is a nice title to use with an inscription. You could request something like, "Happy 50th Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Smith", to be written down the side of this title, in smaller Chinese characters.

Inspiration

líng gǎn
reikan
영감
靈
感

This is the Chinese word that is the closest to hitting the mark for the English word "inspiration". In a more extended context, I have even seen this translated as "brain wave".

The first character means alert, departed soul, efficacious, quick, effective or intelligence. The second character means to feel, to move, to touch or to affect. The combined meaning of these two characters changes a bit, but I think it's nice to know the individual meanings to give you a better understanding of where a word comes from.

You could describe this word as, "the thought that pops into your head just before you patent the greatest widget ever invented, that everyone in the world will want".
…At least, that's the idea.

This term can also mean "intelligent thought" if you were to translate it directly from each of these characters. If you are looking for inspiration or otherwise need to be inspired, this is the word for you.

Mark

mǎ kè
馬
克

This is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Mark

Mark

Japanese Katakana

maaku
マ
ー
ク

This is the name Mark written in Katakana (phonetic Japanese).

This name is written in Katakana, a specifically-Japanese character set.
This selection MUST be written by our Japanese master calligrapher
(sorry, no standard calligraphy service/pricing for this selection).

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Tai Chi Chuan / Tai Ji Quan

tài jí quán
tai kyoku ken
태극권
太
極
拳

This is the famous Taoist meditation and martial art exercise. The direct translation of these characters would be something like "grand ultimate fist", but that does not quite hit the mark for what this title really means.

An early-morning walk through any city in China near a park or open area will yield a view of Chinese people practicing this ancient technique.

The typical scene is an old man of no less than 80 years on this earth, with a wispy white beard and perhaps a sword in one hand. He makes slow moves that are impossibly smooth. He is steady-footed, and always in balance. For him, time is meaningless and proper form and technique is far more important than speed.

For the younger generation, faster moves may look impressive and seem smooth to the casual observer. But far more discipline and mental strength is needed to create perfectly smooth moves in virtual slow motion.

Note: There are two ways to Romanize these Chinese characters as seen in the title above. The pronunciation and actual characters are the same in Chinese. If you really used English sounds/words to pronounce this, it would be something like "tie jee chew-on" (just make the "chew-on" as one flowing syllable).




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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
Angel安琪儿
安琪兒
n/aān 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/aān hè ěr
an he er
an ho erh
an1 he4 er3
anheer
Mark the boat to find the lost sword
Ignoring the changing circumstances of the world
刻舟求剑
刻舟求劍
kokushuukyuuken
kokushukyuken
kè zhōu qiú jiàn
ke zhou qiu jian
k`o chou ch`iu chien
ke4 zhou1 qiu2 jian4
kezhouqiujian
kochouchiuchien
ko chou chiu chien
Golden Anniversary / 50th Wedding Anniversary幸福金婚
幸福金婚 / 倖福金婚
kou fuku kin kon
koufukukinkon
ko fuku kin kon
xìng fú jīn hūn
xing fu jin hun
hsing fu chin hun
xing4 fu2 jin1 hun1
xingfujinhun
Inspiration灵感
靈感
reikanlíng gǎn
ling gan
ling kan
ling2 gan3
linggan
Mark马克
馬克
n/amǎ kè
ma ke
ma k`o
ma3 ke4
make
mako
ma ko
Markマークmaaku
maku
n/a
Tai Chi Chuan / Tai Ji Quan太极拳
太極拳
tai kyoku ken
taikyokuken
tài jí quán
tai ji quan
t`ai chi ch`üan
tai4 ji2 quan2
taijiquan
taichichüan
tai chi chüan

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 "mark" 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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