We have many options to create artwork with Knight characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Knight 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 knight.
Quick links to words on this page...
| 1. Knight 2. Warrior 3. Warrior / Fighter 4. Bushido / The Way of the Samurai |
5. Fighter 6. Martial Arts 7. Soldier / Private 8. Soldier / Serviceman |
![]() The first character has the element of "horse" in it, and alone can mean "one who rides". Together, these characters can be translated as "riding soldier" or "horseman soldier", which of course can also be translated as "knight". ![]() The first character is the spirit or essence of a warrior. The second character means soldier, officer, or official. This character is also used appropriately enough to describe a piece of a chess game. This can also be translated as soldier, cavalier, palace guard, or samurai and sometimes as knight. I've occasionally seen this translated as strong man or tough man (gender not necessarily implied). ![]() This is an alternate title for warrior, soldier, fighter, or combatant in Japanese. From Japanese, this is often romanized as "Senshi". ![]() ![]() The Code of the Samurai ![]() The first character means war, warfare, or battle. ![]() ![]() This is more the Japanese way to say "Martial Arts", but it's understood in Korean Hanja and Chinese too. Some will use this title to mean chivalry (the conduct of a knight) or military art. The way this word is understood would depend on the context in which it is used. ![]() This means "Soldier", but more specifically, a rank-and-file soldier (a private or troop - you could say a ground-pounder). Our other entry for "solider / serviceman" is probably better for a wall scroll (since someday, you will be promoted |
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)
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 Romanized Chinese | |
| Knight | 骑士 騎士 | ki shi kishi | qí shì qi shi ch`i shih | qi2 shi4 qishi chishih chi shih |
| Warrior | 武士 武士 | bu shi bushi | wǔ shì wu shi wu shih | wu3 shi4 wushi |
| Warrior / Fighter | 戦士 戦士 | sen shi senshi | n/a | |
| Bushido / The Way of the Samurai | 武士道 武士道 | bushido | wǔ shì dào wu shi dao wu shih tao | wu3 shi4 dao4 wushidao |
| Fighter | 战士 / 戦士 戰士 | sen shi senshi | zhàn shì zhan shi chan shih | zhan4 shi4 zhanshi |
| Martial Arts | 武道 武道 | budou budo | wǔ dào wu dao wu tao | wu3 dao4 wudao |
| Soldier / Private | 士兵 士兵 | n/a | shì bīng shi bing shih ping | shi4 bing1 shibing |
| Soldier / Serviceman | 军人 軍人 | gun jin gunjin | jūn rén jun ren chün jen | jun1 ren2 junren |
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 "Knight" 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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