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士兵 means “Soldier” but more specifically, a rank-and-file soldier (a private or troop - you could say a ground-pounder). Our other entry for “solider / serviceman” is probably better for a wall scroll (since someday, you will be promoted).
Note: In Japanese, they use these characters in the opposite order to create the same meaning word. In that order, it's pronounced “heishi” in Japanese. Just let us know if you want it in Japanese Kanji order when you place your order.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your colonel search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
一佐 see styles |
kazusa かずさ |
colonel (JSDF); (personal name) Kazusa |
上校 see styles |
shàng xiào shang4 xiao4 shang hsiao |
high ranking officer in Chinese army; colonel |
中佐 see styles |
chuusa / chusa ちゅうさ |
{mil} lieutenant colonel; commander (navy); (surname) Nakaza |
中校 see styles |
zhōng xiào zhong1 xiao4 chung hsiao |
middle ranking officer in Chinese army; lieutenant colonel; commander |
二佐 see styles |
nisa にさ |
lieutenant colonel (JSDF); (surname) Nisa |
大佐 see styles |
taisa(p); daisa たいさ(P); だいさ |
{mil} (だいさ used by Imperial Japanese Navy) colonel; (navy) captain; (place-name, surname) Oosa |
大校 see styles |
dà xiào da4 xiao4 ta hsiao |
senior ranking officer in Chinese army; senior colonel |
空佐 see styles |
kuusa / kusa くうさ |
(Self Defense Force's Air Force) colonel (defence); lieutenant; major |
卡扎菲 see styles |
kǎ zhā fēi ka3 zha1 fei1 k`a cha fei ka cha fei |
(Colonel Muammar) Gaddafi (1942-2011), de facto leader of Libya from 1969-2011 |
相沢事件 see styles |
aizawajiken あいざわじけん |
(hist) Aizawa incident (assassination of Major General Tetsuzan Nagata by Lieutenant Colonel Saburo Aizawa; August 12, 1935) |
陸軍上校 陆军上校 see styles |
lù jun shàng xiào lu4 jun1 shang4 xiao4 lu chün shang hsiao |
colonel |
陸軍大佐 see styles |
rikuguntaisa りくぐんたいさ |
army colonel |
額菲爾士 额菲尔士 see styles |
é fēi ěr shì e2 fei1 er3 shi4 o fei erh shih |
Everest (name); Colonel Sir George Everest (1790-1866), British Surveyor-General of India 1830-1843; (Mount) Everest |
Variations: |
issa いっさ |
{mil} colonel (JASDF, JGSDF); captain (JMSDF) |
Variations: |
nisa にさ |
(abbreviation) {mil} (See 二等陸佐) lieutenant colonel (JGSDF) |
カーネルサンダース see styles |
kaanerusandaasu / kanerusandasu カーネルサンダース |
(person) Colonel Sanders |
Variations: |
ittoukuusa / ittokusa いっとうくうさ |
{mil} colonel (JASDF) |
Variations: |
ittourikusa / ittorikusa いっとうりくさ |
{mil} colonel (JGSDF) |
Variations: |
nitourikusa / nitorikusa にとうりくさ |
{mil} lieutenant colonel (JGSDF) |
カーネル・サンダース see styles |
kaaneru sandaasu / kaneru sandasu カーネル・サンダース |
(person) Colonel Sanders |
カーネルハーランドサンダーズ see styles |
kaaneruhaarandosandaazu / kaneruharandosandazu カーネルハーランドサンダーズ |
(person) Colonel Harland Sanders |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Soldier Private | 士兵 | shì bīng / shi4 bing1 / shi bing / shibing | shih ping / shihping | |
Soldier Serviceman | 軍人 军人 | gun jin / gunjin | jūn rén / jun1 ren2 / jun ren / junren | chün jen / chünjen |
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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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.
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