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Custom Knight Chinese & Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

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. Bushido / The Way of the Samurai
  4. Fighter
  5. Soldier / Private
  6. Soldier / Serviceman
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Knight

Mandarin qí shì
Japanese ki shi
Korean 기사
騎
士

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".

Can also be translated as "cavalier".

See Also...  Warrior | Horse

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Warrior

Mandarin wǔ shì
Japanese bu shi
Korean 무사
武
士

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).

See Also...  Army | Marines | Samurai

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Warrior

Japanese sen shi
戦
士

This is an alternate title for warrior, soldier, or combatant in Japanese. From Japanese, this is often romanized as "Senshi".

See Also...  Army | Marines | Samurai

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Bushido / The Way of the Samurai

Mandarin wǔ shì dào
Japanese bushido
Korean 무사도
武
士
道

The Code of the Samurai

Sometimes called "The Seven Virtues of the Samurai", "The Bushido Code", or "The Samurai Code of Chivalry".

This would be read in Chinese characters, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja as "The Way of the Warrior", "The Warrior's Way", or "The Warrior's Code".

It's a set of virtues that the Samurai of Japan and ancient warriors of China and Korea had to live and die by.

See our page with just Code of the Samurai / Bushido here

See Also...  Samurai | Warrior

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Fighter

Warrior / Soldier

Mandarin zhàn shì
Japanese sen shi
Korean 전사
戰
士

The first character means war, warfare, or battle.
The second character means soldier, officer, man or pawn.

This is how to write "fighter" in Chinese, ancient Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja. This word can also mean soldier or warrior, but there are better terms for those two ideas. This one is more specifically "fighter" or "one who fights". This is an odd selection for a wall scroll, unless you are a boxer, ultimate fighter, or otherwise participate in combat sports.

Other translations include combatant or champion.

戦Note that after WWII, the first Kanji was reformed/simplified. This modern Japanese version is shown to the right. If you want this version, click on the Kanji to the right, instead of the button above.

See Also...  Army | Marines | Samurai | Warrior | Soldier

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Soldier / Private

Mandarin shì bīng
Korean 사병
士
兵

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

Note: In Japanese, they use these characters in opposite order to create the same meaning word. In that order, it's pronounced "heishi" in Japanese. Just let us know if you want it in Japanese Kanji order when you place your order.

See Also...  Military | Warrior

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Soldier / Serviceman

Mandarin jūn rén
Japanese gun jin
Korean 군인
軍
人

This means "Soldier" or literally "Military Person". This can also be translated as, "military personnel", "soldier", or "serviceman" (it is unisex, so male or female is not indicated).

See Also...  Military | Warrior

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Small-sized standard calligraphy wall scrolls on this page start at the following prices:

2 characters $33.88

3 characters $38.88

We dispatch any size order to any country worldwide for a flat rate US$9.80 P&P


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 $13 less.

We also offer the services of Chinese and Japanese master calligraphers for an additional fee if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.

If you chose a master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.




A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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)

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 Hanyu-Pinyin
(Romanized Chinese)
Knight骑士
騎士
ki shi
kishi
qí shì
qi shi
qi2 shi4
qishi
Warrior武士
武士
bu shi
bushi
wǔ shì
wu shi
wu3 shi4
wushi
Warrior戦士
戦士
sen shi
senshi
n/a
Bushido / The Way of the Samurai武士道
武士道
bushidowǔ shì dào
wu shi dao
wu3 shi4 dao4
wushidao
Fighter战士 / 戦士
戰士
sen shi
senshi
zhàn shì
zhan shi
zhan4 shi4
zhanshi
Soldier / Private士兵
士兵
n/ashì bīng
shi bing
shi4 bing1
shibing
Soldier / Serviceman军人
軍人
gun jin
gunjin
jūn rén
jun ren
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 we 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.


All custom calligraphy items are made-to-order in our little Beijing artwork-mounting workshop.
Please note: Rush service can be as fast as two weeks, but regular service is over a month for delivery.


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