Bear in Chinese / Japanese...

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kuma

웅

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.