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| 1. Bear 2. White Bear / Polar Bear 3. Polar Bear |
4. Panda Bear 5. Giant Panda |
熊 is the way to write "bear" (as in the animal) in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. If you are a bear fanatic, this is the wall scroll for you.
熊 is not specific to species, such as panda bear, polar bear, brown bear, etc.
If you need a more specific title, just post a special Asian calligraphy title request on our forum.
See Also: Panda
bái xióng
haguma / shirokuma
This literally means "white bear."
白熊 is a way to say "polar bear" (Ursus maritimus) in Chinese and Japanese.
This can also be the Japanese surname Shirokuma.
běi jí xióng hokkyokuguma
北極熊 means polar bear (Ursus maritimus), in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
xióng māo
熊貓 is how to write "panda" in Chinese. 熊貓 is kind of a generic term that is applied to all pandas. When most people think of panda bears, they are really thinking of the "giant panda" which has black and white fur.
The literal meaning of these characters are "bear cat." Chinese do, in fact, think of pandas as "cat-like bears."
pan da
パンダ is how to write "panda" in Japanese. It's a phonetic title, written in Katakana that sounds almost exactly like the English word Panda.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana , it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
dà xióng māo
大熊貓 is how to write "giant panda" in Chinese. 大熊貓 is specific to the "giant panda" which has black and white fur. Not to be confused with other types of smaller pandas in China.
The literal meaning of these characters is "great/big bear cat." Chinese do, in fact, think of pandas as "cat-like bears."
Note: In Japanese, they only express Giant Panda in Katakana, which is ジャイアント パンダ” (Jaianto Panda). So we have not included that for wall scroll orders.
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji(Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Bear | 熊 | kuma | xióng / xiong2 / xiong | hsiung |
| White Bear Polar Bear |
白熊 | haguma / shirokuma | bái xióng bai2 xiong2 bai xiong baixiong |
pai hsiung paihsiung |
| Polar Bear | 北極熊 北极熊 | hokkyokuguma hokyokuguma | běi jí xióng bei3 ji2 xiong2 bei ji xiong beijixiong |
pei chi hsiung peichihsiung |
| Panda Bear | 熊貓 熊猫 | xióng māo xiong2 mao1 xiong mao xiongmao |
hsiung mao hsiungmao |
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| Panda Bear | パンダ | pan da / panda | ||
| Giant Panda | 大熊貓 大熊猫 | dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 da xiong mao daxiongmao |
ta hsiung mao tahsiungmao |
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| In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. | ||||
