We have many options to create artwork with Persistence characters on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Persistence 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 persistence.
Quick links to words on this page...
![]() Can also mean "opinionated" or "stubborn", in Chinese and Japanese, but in the nicest way possible (still bad). This just means "stubborn" in Korean (not a good scroll if your audience is Korean, in fact, we don't recommend this word at all). There are better ways to express this idea, such as tenacious or perseverance... ...see links below... See Also... Tenacious | Fortitude | Perseverance This is the short form of a longer Chinese word, and also a word used in Korean and Japanese to express the idea of being indomitable. It literally means, "will not bend", "will not crouch", "will not yield", "will not flinch", or "will not submit". ![]() ![]() Perseverance is being steadfast and persistent. You commit to your goals and overcome obstacles, no matter how long it takes. When you persevere, you don't give up...you keep going. Like a strong ship in a storm, you don't become battered or blown off course. You just ride the waves. See Also... Tenacious | Devotion | Indomitable Daodejing / Tao Te Ching - Chapter 33
zhī rén zhě zhī yě zì zhī zhě míng yě shèng rén zhě yǒu lì yě zì shèng zhě qiáng yě zhī zú zhě fù yě qiáng xíng zhě yǒu zhì yě bù zhī qí suǒ zhě jiǔ yě sǐ ér bù wáng zhě shòu yě ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Characters shown This is referred to as passage or chapter 33 of the Dao De Jing (often Romanized as "Tao Te Ching"). These are the words of the philosopher Laozi (Lao Tzu). ![]() This word means "to endure" or "lasting". In some context, it can mean "persistent" or "persistence" (especially in Japanese and Korean). ![]() This is a long word by Chinese standards. At least it is often translated as a single word into English. This simply means "Indomitable" or "Unyielding". ![]() ![]() Depending on context, this word can mean "cordial", "enthusiastic", "passionate" or "passionately". See Also... Devotion | Tenacity | Commitment | Motivation ![]() ![]() A reversal of the characters between Chinese and Japanese/Korean languages yields this "passion" meaning. While many characters and even multi-character words have the same meaning in both languages, often some conventions are different or may have changed over time. See Also... Devotion | Tenacity | Commitment | Motivation Undaunted After Repeated SetbacksPersistence to overcome all challenges
bǎi zhé bù náo hyaku setsu su tou 백절불요 ![]() ![]() This phrase means "Be undaunted in the face of repeated setbacks". See Also... Tenacity | Fortitude | Strength | Perseverance ![]() This "strong" character is the more "healthy" version of strong. This is the "strong" that is appropriate for an athlete. ![]() This is a verbose way to say strong and healthy in Japanese. This is the "strong" that is appropriate for an athlete. |
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 | |
| Persistence | 固执 固執 | koshuu koshu | gù zhí gu zhi ku chih | gu4 zhi2 guzhi |
| Indomitable / Persistence / Fortitude | 不屈 不屈 | fukutsu | bù qū bu qu pu ch`ü | bu4 qu1 buqu puchü pu chü |
| Perseverance | 坚韧不拔 堅韌不拔 | n/a | jiān rèn bù bá jian ren bu ba chien jen pu pa | jian1 ren4 bu4 ba2 jianrenbuba |
| Daodejing / Tao Te Ching - Chapter 33 | 知人者知也自知者明也胜人者有力也自胜者强也知足者富也强行者有志也不失其所者久也死而不亡者寿也 知人者知也自知者明也勝人者有力也自勝者強也知足者富也強行者有志也不失其所者久也死而不亡者壽也 | n/a | zhī rén zhě zhī yě zì zhī zhě míng yě shèng rén zhě yǒu lì yě zì shèng zhě qiáng yě zhī zú zhě fù yě qiáng xíng zhě yǒu zhì yě bù zhī qí suǒ zhě jiǔ yě sǐ ér bù wáng zhě shòu yě zhi ren zhe zhi ye zi zhi zhe ming ye sheng ren zhe you li ye zi sheng zhe qiang ye zhi zu zhe fu ye qiang xing zhe you zhi ye bu zhi qi suo zhe jiu ye si er bu wang zhe shou ye chih jen che chih yeh tzu chih che ming yeh sheng jen che yu li yeh tzu sheng che ch`iang yeh chih tsu che fu yeh ch`iang hsing che yu chih yeh pu chih ch`i so che chiu yeh ssu erh pu wang che shou yeh | zhi1 ren2 zhe3 zhi1 ye3 zi4 zhi1 zhe3 ming2 ye3 sheng4 ren2 zhe3 you3 li4 ye3 zi4 sheng4 zhe3 qiang2 ye3 zhi1 zu2 zhe3 fu4 ye3 qiang2 xing2 zhe3 you3 zhi4 ye3 bu4 zhi1 qi2 suo3 zhe3 jiu3 ye3 si3 er2 bu4 wang2 zhe3 shou4 ye3 chih jen che chih yeh tzu chih che ming yeh sheng jen che yu li yeh tzu sheng che chiang yeh chih tsu che fu yeh chiang hsing che yu chih yeh pu chih chi so che chiu yeh ssu erh pu wang che shou yeh |
| Endurance | 持久 持久 | ji kyuu jikyuu ji kyu | chí jiǔ chi jiu ch`ih chiu | chi2 jiu3 chijiu chihchiu chih chiu |
| Indomitable / Unyielding | 不屈不挠 不屈不撓 | fukutsu futou fukutsufutou fukutsu futo | bù qū bù náo bu qu bu nao pu ch`ü pu nao | bu4 qu1 bu4 nao2 buqubunao puchüpunao pu chü pu nao |
| Passion for a Cause | 热情 熱情 | netsujou netsujo | rè qíng re qing je ch`ing | re4 qing2 reqing jeching je ching |
| Passion for a Cause | 情热 情熱 | jou netsu jounetsu jo netsu | qíng rè qing re ch`ing je | qing2 re4 qingre chingje ching je |
| Undaunted After Repeated Setbacks | 百折不挠 百折不撓 | hyaku setsu su tou hyakusetsusutou hyaku setsu su to | bǎi zhé bù náo bai zhe bu nao pai che pu nao | bai3 zhe2 bu4 nao2 baizhebunao |
| Strong / Healthy | 健 健 | ken | jiàn jian chien | jian4 jian |
| Strong / Healthy (Japanese) | 健やか 健やか | sukoyaka | n/a | |
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 "Persistence" 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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