Buy a Freedom Chinese/Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

We have many options to create artwork with the Chinese characters / Asian symbols / Japanese Kanji for Freedom on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Freedom Asian character tattoo, you can purchase that on our Chinese and Japanese Tattoo Image Service page and we'll help you select from many forms of ancient Asian symbols that express the idea of Freedom.

Quick links to words on this page...

  1. To Be Free / Freedom
  2. Freedom / Liberty
  3. Free Spirit
  4. Free Will
  5. Peaceful / Tranquil / Calm...

To Be Free / Freedom

xiāo yáo
shou you
소요
逍
遙

This has a good written-meaning for a wall scroll in Chinese. What I mean by that is while there is a way to say "freedom" orally, this word seems more appropriate for calligraphy. This can also be translated as "free and unfettered" from Chinese.

Note: In Korean and Japanese, this means one who rambles, saunters or strolls (this entry is best if your audience is Chinese).

Freedom / Liberty

zì yóu
jiyuu
자유
自
由

This is a common word to express the idea of freedom in both Chinese and Japanese.

This word is the essence of "being free" but also acts as the suffix to create words like freestyle swimming, free trade, civil liberties, free will, freedom fighter, religious freedom, and liberal.

Note: If you need any of these other words or meanings, just post your request on our Asian calligraphy forum.

Free Spirit

Chinese and Korean

zì yóu jīng shén
자유정신
自
由
精
神

The first two characters mean freedom or liberty.

The second two characters mean spirit, heart, mind, or soul.

Together, this is a title that is very similar to the English term "free spirit".

See Also...  Independence

Free Spirit

Japanese

ji yuu na sei shin
自
由
な
精
神

The first two characters mean freedom or liberty.

The middle character is a connecting Hiragana which is needed for Japanese grammar.

The last two characters mean spirit, heart, mind, or soul.

Together, this is a title that is very similar to the English term "free spirit".

See Also...  Independence

Free Will

zì yóu yì zhì
jiyuu ishi
자유의지
自
由
意
志

This concept has existed for thousands of years that humans have the ability to understand right and wrong, then make a decision one way or the other (thus affecting their own fate).

Sources such as Confucius, Buddhist scriptures, the Qur'an and the Bible all address this idea.

As for the characters shown here, the first two mean free, freedom, or liberty. The last two simply mean "will".

See Also...  Strong Willed | Fate

Peaceful / Tranquil / Calm
Free From Worry

ān níng
an nei
안녕
安
寧

This is a nice word that means peaceful, tranquil, calm, composed, "free from worry", "public peace", tranquility, good health, well-being, or welfare in Chinese and Korean.

Note: The definition in Japanese is not so broad, but still means peaceful or "public peace".




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

Freedom of Birds - Chinese Wall Scroll

Freedom of Birds
Chinese Wall Scroll

The Chinese title written on this artwork is actually a poem about the freedom that birds enjoy.

Typical Gallery Price: $200.00

Your Price: $68.88 

Euro €52.34 
CAD $69.03 

GBP £43.56 
AUD $64.44 



MORE INFO 



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

TitleCharacters
Simplified
Traditional
Japanese Romaji
(Romanized Japanese)
Various forms of Romanized Chinese
To Be Free / Freedom逍遥
逍遙
shou you
shouyou
sho yo
xiāo yáo
xiao yao
hsiao yao
xiao1 yao2
xiaoyao
Freedom / Liberty自由
自由
jiyuu
jiyu
zì yóu
zi you
tzu yu
zi4 you2
ziyou
Free Spirit自由精神
自由精神
n/azì yóu jīng shén
zi you jing shen
tzu yu ching shen
zi4 you2 jing1 shen2
ziyoujingshen
Free Spirit自由な精神
自由な精神
ji yuu na sei shin
jiyuunaseishin
ji yu na sei shin
n/a
Free Will自由意志
自由意志
jiyuu ishi
jiyuuishi
jiyu ishi
zì yóu yì zhì
zi you yi zhi
tzu yu i chih
zi4 you2 yi4 zhi4
ziyouyizhi
Peaceful / Tranquil / Calm / Free From Worry安宁
安寧
an nei
annei
ān níng
an ning
an1 ning2
anning

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 "freedom" 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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