Chinese Rabbit

Rabbit / Hare Chinese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

2011 is the Year of the Rabbit! If you were born after Chinese New Years in 2011, 1999, 1987, 1975, 1963, 1951, or 1939, you're a Rabbit.
Not a Rabbit? See Chinese Zodiac and Animal Signs to calculate your sign.


  1. Rabbit / Hare

  2. Earth Rabbit

  3. Golden/Metal Rabbit

  4. Water Rabbit

  5. Fire Rabbit

  6. Wood Rabbit


Rabbit / Hare

Year of the Rabbit / Zodiac Sign

 tù
 usagi
 토
Rabbit / Hare Scroll

兔 is the character for rabbit or hare in Chinese, old Korean, and Japanese.

If you were born in the year of the rabbit, you...

Are gentle and full of sympathy.
Love to help others.
Enjoy a quiet life.
Are a good worker.
Are, however, a bit of a pushover.


See also our Chinese Zodiac page.

Earth Rabbit

The Year of the Earth Rabbit

 tǔ tù
Earth Rabbit Scroll

土兔 is Earth Rabbit in Chinese.

In the Chinese zodiac and sexagenary (60-year) cycle, this combination occurs in years that include 1879, 1939, 1999, and 2059.

In the sexagenary cycle, this year is represented by 己卯.


See Also:  Rabbit / Hare

Golden/Metal Rabbit

The Year of the Golden/Metal Rabbit

 jīn tù
Golden/Metal Rabbit Scroll

金兔 is Golden/Metal Rabbit in Chinese.

In the Chinese zodiac and sexagenary (60-year) cycle, this combination occurs in years that include 1891, 1951, 2011, and 2071.

In the sexagenary cycle, this year is represented by 辛卯.


See Also:  Rabbit / Hare

Water Rabbit

The Year of the Water Rabbit

 shuǐ tù
Water Rabbit Scroll

水兔 is Water Rabbit in Chinese.

In the Chinese zodiac and sexagenary (60-year) cycle, this combination occurs in years that include 1903, 1963, 2023, and 2083.

In the sexagenary cycle, this year is represented by 癸卯.


See Also:  Rabbit / Hare

Fire Rabbit

The Year of the Fire Rabbit

 huǒ tù
Fire Rabbit Scroll

火兔 is Fire Rabbit in Chinese.

In the Chinese zodiac and sexagenary (60-year) cycle, this combination occurs in years that include 1867, 1927, 1987, and 2047.

In the sexagenary cycle, this year is represented by 丁卯.


See Also:  Rabbit / Hare

Wood Rabbit

The Year of the Wood Rabbit

 mù tù
Wood Rabbit Scroll

木兔 is Wood Rabbit in Chinese.

In the Chinese zodiac and sexagenary (60-year) cycle, this combination occurs in years that include 1915, 1975, 2035, and 2095.

In the sexagenary cycle, this year is represented by 乙卯.


See Also:  Rabbit / Hare




This in-stock artwork might be what you are looking for, and ships right away...


The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese:

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Rabbit
Hare
兔usagitù / tu4 / tut`u / tu
Earth Rabbit土兔tǔ tù / tu3 tu4 / tu tu / tutut`u t`u / tutu / tu tu
Golden/Metal Rabbit金兔jīn tù / jin1 tu4 / jin tu / jintuchin t`u / chintu / chin tu
Water Rabbit水兔shuǐ tù / shui3 tu4 / shui tu / shuitushui t`u / shuitu / shui tu
Fire Rabbit火兔huǒ tù / huo3 tu4 / huo tu / huotuhuo t`u / huotu / huo tu
Wood Rabbit木兔mù tù / mu4 tu4 / mu tu / mutumu t`u / mutu / mu tu


All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.

When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my 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.

Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!

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 wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.

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.