Adventures in Asian Art



Custom Grace Chinese & Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

We have many options to create artwork with Grace characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Grace 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 grace.

Grace Wall Scroll

Quick links to words on this page...

  1. Grace from Heaven / Grace from God
  2. Grace
  3. Elegant / Exquisite / Grace
  4. Grace from Heaven / Grace from God
  5. Beautiful Virtue
  6. Divine Protection
  7. God Bless You / May God Protect You
  8. Heaven Blesses the Diligent

Grace from Heaven / Grace from God

tiān ēn
ten on
天
恩

This is the deepest way to say "Heaven's Grace" or "God's Grace" in Chinese.

The first character means Heaven or sky (referring in this case to the domain of God).
The second character means grace, blessings, benevolence, favor / favour, acts of kindness, merits, or beneficial influence.

This title can also be defined as:
Blessings of Heaven, Favor of the Emperor, Divination's luckiest day, or blessings of nature. Note: When you see "Emperor" above, keep in mind that the Emperor, like the Pope is theoretically chosen by God, or seen as an emissary or conduit of God in ancient Asian culture. It would only be read that way in certain context such as, "The Emperor, in his mercy, bestowed upon him Heaven's Grace and the prisoner was set free".

Note: Technically, this is a Japanese word too, but it's rarely-used in Japan anymore. Therefore this title is best if your audience is Chinese.

Grace

ēn
on
恩

This is often translated as "kind act from above", as in "The Grace of God". This doesn't necessarily have to come from God. It could be a favor paid to you, or help that you received (or gave). Of course, you can decide for yourself whether the grace or favor given to you by a friend is actually a gift from God.

Other possible translations of this character:
Favor / favour, acts of kindness, merits, beneficial Influence, kindness, indebtedness, obligation, and benevolent influence.

Grace

gé lěi sī
格
蕾
絲

This is the name Grace transliterated into Mandarin Chinese.

Please note: This sounds like grace but does not mean grace. If you want the meaning of grace, please choose a different title.

Grace

Japanese Katakana

gureesu
グ
レ
ー
ス

This is the name Grace 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).

Elegant / Exquisite / Grace

měi miào
bimyou
미묘
美
妙

Beyond elegant and exquisite elegance, this is also the word used to say "beautiful" or "marvelous" when referring to a work of art.

Can also be translated as exquisiteness, gracefulness.

Note: Not a commonly-used word in Japanese.

Grace from Heaven / Grace from God

Japanese Only

kami no on kei
神
の
恩
恵

The first two characters act to create a word that means "divine", "God's", or "The Spirit's".

The last two Kanji mean grace, favor, favour, blessing, or benefit.

Beautiful Virtue

měi dé
bitoku
미덕
美
德

This word written in Chinese or Korean Hanja can also mean "grace of character" or "noble virtue".

徳There is a slight variation in the modern Japanese Kanji form of the second character. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people (it's the ancient Japanese form anyway).

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Divine Protection

Japanese Only

jiā hù
ka go
加
護

This is Japanese for "divine protection" or "the saving grace of God".

Please consider this blessing to be Japanese only. This can have the same meaning in the context of Buddhism in Chinese, but it's also a nickname for "intensive care" at Chinese hospitals.

Note: My Japanese translator says this is not very commonly-used in Japanese. I added this because a customer asked for it. There is not really a better Japanese phrase to express this idea - so this is it if you want it.

God Bless You / May God Protect You

shàng dì bǎo yòu
상제보우
上
帝
保
佑

This is a blessing exchanged between Chinese Christians.

The first two characters literally mean God (The God of Zion). The second two characters express the idea of giving protection. Another way to translate this is "May God protect you".

See Also...  Guardian Angel

Heaven Blesses the Diligent

tiān dào chóu qín
천도수근
天
道
酬
勤

This can be interpreted a few different ways:
God blesses those who work hard.
It is the way of Heaven to smile on the diligent.
God will reward those that are worthy.
Heaven blesses those who are diligent.

Whichever translation you like, a scroll like this on your wall may serve as a reminder to work hard because your diligence will pay off both in this life and the next.


Note: This can be pronounced in Korean, but it's not a commonly-used term.

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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
Grace from Heaven / Grace from God天恩
天恩
ten on
tenon
tiān ēn
tian en
t`ien en
tian1 en1
tianen
tienen
tien en
Grace
onēn
en
en1
en
Grace格蕾丝
格蕾絲
n/agé lěi sī
ge lei si
ko lei ssu
ge2 lei3 si1
geleisi
Graceグレースgureesu
guresu
n/a
Elegant / Exquisite / Grace美妙
美妙
bimyou
bimyo
měi miào
mei miao
mei3 miao4
meimiao
Grace from Heaven / Grace from God神の恩恵
kami no on kei
kaminoonkei
n/a
Beautiful Virtue美德 / 美徳
美德
bitokuměi dé
mei de
mei te
mei3 de2
meide
Divine Protection加护
加護
ka go
kago
jiā hù
jia hu
chia hu
jia1 hu4
jiahu
God Bless You / May God Protect You上帝保佑
上帝保佑
n/ashàng dì bǎo yòu
shang di bao you
shang ti pao yu
shang4 di4 bao3 you4
shangdibaoyou
Heaven Blesses the Diligent天道酬勤
天道酬勤
n/atiān dào chóu qín
tian dao chou qin
t`ien tao ch`ou ch`in
tian1 dao4 chou2 qin2
tiandaochouqin
tientaochouchin
tien tao chou chin

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 "grace" 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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