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We have many options to create artwork with Harmony characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Harmony Asian character tattoo, just email us and we'll help you select from many forms of ancient Asian symbols that express the idea of harmony.
Quick links to words on this page...
Mandarin: hé xié
Mandarin: tiáo hé
Japanese: chouwa
Korean: 조화
This word means harmony in Chinese and Japanese. It should be noted that this is the musical version of harmony.
Note: In English, we use the same "harmony" for multiple meanings. However, Japanese and Chinese are more specific in many cases.
Note: The first character suggests a musical meaning, and can also be used to describe warriors marching in perfect cadence (in step). The second character carries the meaning of harmony itself.
Mandarin: yīn yuè jiā
Japanese: ongakuka
Korean: 음악가
This is how to write musician in most Asian languages. There is more than one way to write musician in China, but this is the traditional and most respectful title.
The second character has morphed a bit in Japanese Kanji. If you want the specifically modern Japanese version, please click on the Kanji to the right, instead of the button above. The version shown to the left was used in ancient Japan, prior to the Japanese language reformations after WWII (so technically, it's still Japanese).
Mandarin: rěn nài
Japanese: nintai
Korean: 인내
Patience is quiet hope and trust that things will turn out right. You wait without complaining. You are tolerant and accepting of difficulties and mistakes. You picture the end in the beginning and persevere to meet your goals.
These characters can also mean "to endure", "restrain oneself" and in some context it can mean "perseverance" or "endurance".
Note that when writing this as Kanji, Japanese will tend to write the first character in the form shown to the right. If you select our Japanese master calligrapher, please expect this Kanji form (yes, it's just one stroke that is slightly different in location, crossing another stroke in the Japanese Kanji form).
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace | Perseverance
(single character)
Mandarin: hé
Japanese: wa
Korean: 화
The simplest form of "peace" which can also be translated as "harmony".
See Also... Inner Peace | Patience | Simplicity
Mandarin: jìng mì
Japanese: seihitsu
Korean: 정밀
The first and second character both mean quiet. Together, they reinforce the meanings almost creating a word that means "double quiet" or "perfect quiet".
A good wall scroll for a library, reading room, or other quiet place.
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace | Calm
Mandarin: níng jìng
Korean: 령정
This is yet another way to express the idea of tranquility and serenity in Chinese.
See Also... Peace | Inner Peace | Calm
Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:
1 character $28.88 each
2-3 characters $39.88 each
After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.
Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $12 less.
We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.
If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.
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 at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
Prices for
custom wall scrolls
shown on this page:
Single-Character:
USD $28.88
GBP £14.48
EUR €18.26
CAD $29.04
AUS $29.74
2-3 Characters:
USD $39.88
GBP £20.00
EUR €25.21
CAD $40.09
AUS $41.07
Customizations that you select may raise or lower the price.
The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular 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)
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.
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.
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.
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 Hanyu-Pinyin (Romanized Chinese) | |||
| Harmony | 和谐 和諧 | n/a | hé xié | he2 xie2 | ||
| Harmony | 调和 調和 | chouwa | tiáo hé | tiao2 he2 | ||
| Musician | 音乐家 / 音楽家 音樂家 | ongakuka | yīn yuè jiā | yin1 yue4 jia1 | ||
| Patience / To Endure / Tolerant | 忍耐 忍耐 | nintai | rěn nài | ren3 nai4 | ||
| Peace / Harmony | 和 和 | wa | hé | he2 | ||
| Peacefulness / Tranquility / Perfectly Quiet | 静谧 靜謐 | seihitsu | jìng mì | jing4 mi4 | ||
| Tranquil / Tranquility / Serenity | 宁静 寧靜 | n/a | níng jìng | ning2 jing4 | ||
| 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 we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "Harmony" 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. | ||||||
All custom calligraphy items are made-to-order in our little Beijing artwork-mounting workshop.
Normal delivery isjust over 3 weeksfor these handmade items.
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