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豹 is the Chinese and Japanese word for the big cat known as a leopard, panther, or Jaguar.
This can refer to most cats of the Panthera genus as well as the Puma genus (but this is not used for most kinds of lions, except smaller ones like the mountain lion).
Because Jaguars are not native to Asia, the characters for “American continent” is usually added before this character to specifically designate a Jaguar.
This also kind of means Panther or Leopard in Korean Hanja but in modern Korean, they add a Hangul character to complete the word.
獅子 is how to write “lion” in Japanese Kanji and Korean Hanja.
獅子 is also lion in Chinese, but more informal. The more literary title, 雄獅, would be better for Chinese calligraphy.
雌獅 is how to write “lioness” in Chinese.
Note: 雌獅 is not a very common title for a wall scroll in China. Perhaps because lions are not indigenous to China. Though oddly enough, the rarity of lions made them very prized - and lion dances are a popular festival attraction.
If you see the name of this animal species written on a wall scroll, it's more likely to be the masculine form of “lion.”
河東獅吼 is actually a proverb and joke about the plight and fear of a hen-pecked husband.
In ancient times, it was used to describe a wife who would berate her husband or go into jealous rages. However, this phrase currently brings about ideas of a husband that cowers in fear and cringes when his wife screams (or roars) at him.
Please only purchase this as a good-natured joke. If your wife or husband does not have a good sense of humor, it's probably not a good idea to hang this on your wall to irritate your mate.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your cat search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
猫 see styles |
nekoma ねこま |
More info & calligraphy: Cat / Pussycat |
貓科 猫科 see styles |
māo kē mao1 ke1 mao k`o mao ko |
More info & calligraphy: Felina / Felidae / FelinaeSee: 猫科 |
咪 see styles |
mī mi1 mi |
sound for calling a cat |
喵 see styles |
miāo miao1 miao |
(onom.) meow; cat's mewing |
綾 绫 see styles |
líng ling2 ling rin りん |
damask; thin silk (1) (kana only) figure; design; (2) twill weave; pattern of diagonal stripes; (3) (kana only) style (of writing); figure (of speech); (4) (kana only) design; plot; plan; (5) (kana only) minor market fluctuation; technical correction; (6) (kana only) (abbreviation) cat's cradle; (7) (kana only) (abbreviation) lease rod (in a loom); (female given name) Rin |
虥 see styles |
zhàn zhan4 chan |
striped wild cat |
貓 猫 see styles |
māo mao1 mao |
cat (CL:隻|只[zhi1]); (dialect) to hide oneself; (loanword) (coll.) modem See: 猫 |
カト see styles |
kato カト |
(1) cat; (2) kat; qat; quat; khat; (place-name) Gath |
ぬこ see styles |
nuko ぬこ |
(net-sl) (See 猫・ねこ・1) cat |
三毛 see styles |
mike; mike みけ; ミケ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) calico (pattern); tortoiseshell-and-white; (2) (abbreviation) (See 三毛猫・みけねこ) calico cat; tortoiseshell-and-white cat; (surname) Miyake |
九生 see styles |
kyuushou; kyuusei / kyusho; kyuse きゅうしょう; きゅうせい |
nine lives (of a cat); (female given name) Kumi |
先棒 see styles |
sakibou / sakibo さきぼう |
(1) front palanquin bearer; (2) (usu. as お先棒) (See お先棒) flunky; cat's-paw; tool |
兔猻 兔狲 see styles |
tù sūn tu4 sun1 t`u sun tu sun |
Pallas's cat (Otocolobus manul) |
公貓 公猫 see styles |
gōng māo gong1 mao1 kung mao |
male cat; tomcat |
内猫 see styles |
uchineko うちねこ |
(See 外猫) indoor cat; house cat |
呼嚕 呼噜 see styles |
hū lū hu1 lu1 hu lu |
(onom.) sound of snoring, wheezing or (cat's) purring |
唐猫 see styles |
karaneko からねこ |
(archaism) cat (esp. one imported from China) |
外猫 see styles |
sotoneko そとねこ |
(See 内猫) outdoor cat |
家猫 see styles |
ieneko; ieneko いえねこ; イエネコ |
domesticated cat |
山猫 see styles |
yamaneko(p); yamaneko やまねこ(P); ヤマネコ |
(1) (See 対馬山猫・つしまやまねこ,西表山猫・いりおもてやまねこ) wildcat (European wildcat, Iriomote cat, Tsushima cat, etc.); (2) wild cat; stray cat |
山貓 山猫 see styles |
shān māo shan1 mao1 shan mao |
lynx; bobcat; leopard cat See: 山猫 |
弱虫 see styles |
yowamushi よわむし |
(n,adj-na,adj-no) coward; weakling; scaredy cat; wimp; sissy |
怪猫 see styles |
kaibyou / kaibyo かいびょう |
monster cat; cat with magical powers |
恋猫 see styles |
koineko こいねこ |
cat in heat; cat in season |
愛猫 see styles |
aibyou / aibyo あいびょう |
(1) pet cat; beloved cat; (2) (See 愛猫家) ailurophilia; fondness for cats |
懶貓 懒猫 see styles |
lǎn māo lan3 mao1 lan mao |
drowsy or slow-moving cat; (fig.) a lazybones |
成猫 see styles |
seibyou; seineko / sebyo; seneko せいびょう; せいねこ |
adult cat; fully-grown cat |
捨猫 see styles |
suteneko すてねこ |
(irregular okurigana usage) abandoned (stray) cat |
浜菱 see styles |
hamabishi; hamabishi はまびし; ハマビシ |
(kana only) caltrop (Tribulus terrestris); cat's head; devil's thorn; devil's weed; goathead; land caltrop; puncturevine |
灰猫 see styles |
haineko はいねこ |
(1) gray cat; grey cat; (2) ash-covered cat |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Cat Pussycat | 猫 / 貓 猫 | neko | māo / mao1 / mao | |
Kitten Young Cat Little Cat | 小猫 / 小貓 小猫 | koneko | xiǎo māo / xiao3 mao1 / xiao mao / xiaomao | hsiao mao / hsiaomao |
Leopard Panther Jaguar | 豹 | hyou / hyo | bào / bao4 / bao | pao |
Lion | 雄獅 雄狮 | xióng shī xiong2 shi1 xiong shi xiongshi | hsiung shih hsiungshih |
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Lion | 獅子 狮子 | shishi | shī zǐ / shi1 zi3 / shi zi / shizi | shih tzu / shihtzu |
Lioness | 雌獅 雌狮 | cí shī / ci2 shi1 / ci shi / cishi | tz`u shih / tzushih / tzu shih | |
The Roar of the Lioness | 河東獅吼 河东狮吼 | hé dōng shī hǒu he2 dong1 shi1 hou3 he dong shi hou hedongshihou | ho tung shih hou hotungshihhou |
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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. |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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