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This is a two-character word used often in Chinese, old Korean, and ancient Japanese to express beauty.
I've had a few requests for a "two-character beautiful" and this is by far the best word. This is not a common word for an Asian person to want on a wall scroll. However, you will see it commonly used as an adjective in phrases, stories, and titles throughout magazines and signage in China.
This word can also be translated as gorgeous or lovely.
Note: This word is not common in modern Japan.


This word is often used to describe the beauty of a woman. However, when applied to a man, it can mean handsome. It's also the first character in the word for "beauty salon" which you will see all over China and Japan.
For a bit of trivia: The title for the "USA" in Chinese is "Mei Guo" which literally means "Beautiful Country". This name was bestowed at a time before Chairman Mao came to power and decided that China didn't like the USA anymore (even though we fought together against the Japanese in WWII). But these days, Chinese people love Americans (but have distaste for American politics and policy). But I digress...
This is also how "Beautiful" is written in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja. This character can also mean: very satisfactory; good; to be pleased with oneself; abbreviation for the USA; fine; handsome; admirable; madhura; sweet; pleasant.


This is the best and most polite way to express "beautiful woman" in Chinese.
Note: Some people may like the simple 2-character ![]()
way to express this, but there are some bad connotations with that, so better to stay with this longer and more respectful title.
See Also... Beauty


These two characters create a word that means, "harmonious" or, "in perfect harmony". The deeper meaning or more natural translation would be something like, "beautiful life".
The first character means peace and harmony.
The second character means beautiful. But in this case, when combined with the first character, beautiful refers to being satisfied with what you have in your life. This can be having good relations, good feelings, comfort, and having enough (with no feeling of wanting).
Note: In Japanese, this is often used as the name "Wami". This title is probably more appropriate if your audience is Chinese.


This can be translated as beautiful view, beautiful scenery, or beautiful sight.
Note: Not a commonly-used word in modern Japanese.


We don't really have a word like this in English, but these two characters create a word that means "strong and beautiful". It could also be translated as "healthy and beautiful".
Note: This is a word in Chinese and Korean, but it's also the family name Takemi in Japanese. The characters hold the same meaning in Japanese, but It's kind of like having the English name Stillwell, when few people would perceive the meanings of still and well.


This means, a beauty; beautiful (woman); princess; young lady of noble birth; girl; small & lovely.
This is used a bit more commonly in Chinese than Japanese.
Note: This can be the female given name "Hime" in Japanese.


This is how to write beautiful princess in Chinese. The first two characters mean feminine beauty, or rather a way to say beautiful that only applies to women. The middle character is just a connecting character. The last two characters mean princess.
See Also... Queen


This word written in Chinese or Korean Hanja can also mean "grace of character" or "noble virtue".
There is a slight variation in the modern Japanese Kanji form of the second character. If you want the modern Japanese version, please click on the special Kanji shown to the right instead of the button above. Note that the traditional Chinese form is still readable and understood by Japanese people (it's the ancient Japanese form anyway).


Beyond elegant and exquisite elegance, this is also the word used to say "beautiful" or "marvelous" when referring to a work of art.
Can also be translated as exquisiteness, gracefulness.
Note: Not a commonly-used word in Japanese.


This is how to write "Eternal Beauty" in Chinese.


This is a Japanese title that means princess.


This is the Japanese Kanji proverb for "Beauties of Nature".
The dictionary definition is, "the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics".
The Kanji each represent an element of nature that constitute beauty in traditional Japanese art and culture.
The Kanji breakdown:
花 = ka = flower (also pronounced "hana")
鳥 = chou = bird (also pronounced "tori").
風 = fuu = wind (also pronounced "kaze").
月 = getsu = moon (also pronounced "tsuki")


In Chinese, this is the title for the art of beauty, as applying makeup or cosmetics to enhance beauty.
Note: In Japanese and Korean, this takes the meaning of beautiful face or beauty of figure or form. Be sure you know who your audience is, and have matched the desired meaning.


Any woman with affection for Asian art and you will love a gift of this Chinese proverb calligraphy on a wall scroll. She will melt in your arms as you tell her the meaning of these characters.
Contained in this phrase is a reference to the most beautiful woman in Chinese history. Her name was Xi Shi, and she was known to have good looks that need not fine robes or make up. Her charms were so powerful that she brought down an entire kingdom (in a successful effort to bring honor and pride back to her people).
This is a great way to express that the woman in your life is your one love.


This is how to write "Beauty Shop" or "Beauty Salon". If you own such a business, this would make a nice wall scroll to hang up - and many of your Asian customers will be able to read and appreciate it. When traveling in China, you will see signs like this in the window of any place that offers full services of hair styling, manicures, pedicures, and often shampoo with head and back massage.
However, as a handmade wall scroll, this becomes a very fancy piece of artwork that shows the high class of your business (a great sign for your window, if you don't get direct sunlight).


This three-character title speaks of beauty on the inside. It's not about outward or physical beauty, but rather the inner beauty possessed by someone. This can also be translated as "beauty of spirit".


This three-character title speaks of beauty on the inside. It's not about outward or physical beauty, but rather the inner beauty possessed by someone. This can also be translated as "beauty of spirit".


This is an interesting word in Chinese. It simultaneously means inner beauty and inner wisdom. Some will translate it as "intelligent but unassuming". Basically, it's about having unexpected ability or traits on the inside which are not immediately obvious on the outside.
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.
If your search is not successful, just post your request on our forum, and we'll be happy to do research or translation for any reasonable request.
Successful Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji calligraphy searches within the last few hours...
With so many searches, we had to upgrade to our own Linux server.
Of course, only one in 500 searches results in a purchase - Hey buy a wall scroll!!!
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 | |
| Beautiful | 美丽 美麗 | birei | měi lí mei li | mei3 li2 meili |
| Beauty / Beautiful / Handsome | 美 美 | bi | měi mei | mei3 |
| Beautiful Girl | 美丽的姑娘 美麗的姑娘 | n/a | měi lì de gū niang mei li de gu niang mei li te ku niang | mei3 li4 de gu1 niang meilideguniang |
| Beautiful Woman | 美丽的女人 美麗的女人 | n/a | měi lì de nǚ rén mei li de nv ren mei li te nü jen | mei3 li4 de nv3 ren2 meilidenvren |
| Beautiful Life / Life in Perfect Harmony | 和美 和美 | wa mi wami | hé měi he mei ho mei | he2 mei3 hemei |
| Beautiful Sight | 美景 美景 | bi kei bikei | měi jǐng mei jing mei ching | mei3 jing3 meijing |
| Strong and Beautiful | 健美 健美 | takemi | jiàn měi jian mei chien mei | jian4 mei3 jianmei |
| Beauty / Beautiful Princess | 媛 媛 | hime | yuàn yuan yüan | yuan4 |
| Beautiful Princess | 美丽的公主 美麗的公主 | n/a | měi lì de gōng zhǔ mei li de gong zhu mei li te kung chu | mei3 li4 de gong1 zhu3 meilidegongzhu |
| Beautiful Virtue | 美德 / 美徳 美德 | bitoku | měi dé mei de mei te | mei3 de2 meide |
| Elegant / Exquisite / Grace | 美妙 美妙 | bimyou bimyo | měi miào mei miao | mei3 miao4 meimiao |
| Eternal Beauty | 永恒的美 永恆的美 | n/a | yǒng héng de měi yong heng de mei yung heng te mei | yong3 heng2 de mei3 yonghengdemei |
| Princess | 王女 王女 | oujo ojo | n/a | |
| Beauty of Nature | 花鳥風月 花鳥風月 | ka chou fuu getsu kachoufuugetsu ka cho fu getsu | n/a | |
| Beauty: The art of makeup / cosmetics | 美容 美容 | biyou biyo | měi róng mei rong mei jung | mei3 rong2 meirong |
| You are always a beauty in your lover's eyes | 情人眼里出西施 情人眼裡出西施 | n/a | qíng rén yǎn lǐ chū xī shī qing ren yan li chu xi shi ch`ing jen yen li ch`u hsi shih | qing2 ren2 yan3 li3 chu1 xi1 shi1 qingrenyanlichuxishi chingjenyenlichuhsishih ching jen yen li chu hsi shih |
| Beauty Shop / Beauty Salon | 美容店 美容店 | n/a | měi róng diàn mei rong dian mei jung tien | mei3 rong2 dian4 meirongdian |
| Inner Beauty / Beauty of Spirit | 内在美 內在美 | n/a | nèi zài měi nei zai mei nei tsai mei | nei4 zai4 mei3 neizaimei |
| Inner Beauty / Beauty of Spirit | 内面美 内面美 | nai men bi naimenbi | n/a | |
| Inner Beauty / Inner Wisdom | 内秀 內秀 | n/a | nèi xiù nei xiu nei hsiu | nei4 xiu4 neixiu |
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 "beautiful" 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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