Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde in Chinese Characters / Japanese Kanji / Korean Hanja

東方自尊 is the universal way to write “Asian Pride.”

We worked on this one for a long time. The effort involved both Chinese and Japanese translators and lengthy discussions. If you have been searching for this term, there is a reason that it's hard to find the way to write “Asian Pride” in Chinese and Japanese - it's because of the inherent difficulties in figuring out a universal combination of characters that can be read in all languages that use forms of Chinese characters.

This final solution that you see to the left creates a reasonable title in Chinese and an exotic (perhaps unusual) title in Japanese (This could be read as “Eastern Self-Respect” in Japanese”).
Although not as natural, it does have the same meaning as Korean Hanja, and the older generation of Vietnamese people will be able to read it.

The first two characters literally mean “Oriental” and the second two mean “pride,” “self-esteem,” or “self-respect” (we chose the most non-arrogant way to say “pride”). If you have “Asian Pride” (sometimes spelled Asian Pryde) these are the characters for you.

Note: For those who wonder, there is nothing technically wrong with the word “Oriental.” It is a correct word, and any bad meanings were created by so-called “Asian Americans” and Caucasians in the United States. To say “Asian” would not completely correct the intended meaning since that would include people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, India, and portions of Russia.

For further proof, if you were of East Asian ancestry and born in England, you would be known as a “British Oriental” (The “Oriental stigma” is essentially an American creation and, therefore, applies mainly to the American English language - where they get a bit overzealous with political correctness).

Further, since the Chinese and Japanese word for Oriental is not English, they cannot be construed as having ill meaning. On one trip to China or Japan, you will find many things titled with these two characters, such as malls, buildings, and business names. These places also use “Oriental” as their English title (much as we do since our Chinese business name starts with these same two characters).

In short, the first two characters have the meaning that Americans attach to “Asian” but is more technically correct.

阿塞拜疆 is the Chinese name for the country of Azerbaijan.

Note: Technically Azerbaijan is in Asia but politically European.

See Also:  Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde | Zero

アゼルバイジャン is the Japanese Katakana title for Azerbaijan.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

See Also:  Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde | Zero

This is the Chinese name for the country of Bangladesh.

See Also:  India | Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

バングラデシュ is Bangladesh in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

See Also:  India | Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

柬埔寨 is a universal way to write Cambodia in Chinese characters and Japanese Kanji.

Note: There are other names and nicknames for Cambodia in both languages.

See Also:  Violet | Lotus | Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

This is Cambodia in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

See Also:  Violet | Lotus | Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

中國 is the Chinese name for the country of China.

See Also:  Inspire | Zhong Kui | Iwan | Japanese Snapping Turtle | Violet | Chinese or Korean Army General | Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

This is the country of China written in Japanese.

See Also:  Inspire | Zhong Kui | Iwan | Japanese Snapping Turtle | Violet | Chinese or Korean Army General | Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

This is the Chinese name for the country of Cyprus.

See Also:  Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde

This is Cyprus in Japanese Katakana.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

See Also:  Asian Pride / Oriental Pride / AZN Pryde