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1. Fast
Fast, as in a race car
快 is the single character for “fast” in Chinese.
This applies to race cars, airplanes, rockets, etc.
This can also mean rapid, quick, speed, rate, soon, to make haste, clever, or sharp (of knives or wits). In some context it can mean cheerful or happy.
This is not a common choice for a wall scroll but if you're a speed freak, this may work for you.
Note: In Japanese, this usually has a meaning of pleasure, cheerful, delight, enjoyment, or the female given name Yoshi.
快樂 or joyfulness is an inner sense of peace and happiness.
You appreciate the gifts each day brings. Without joyfulness, when the fun stops, our happiness stops. Joy can carry us through hard times even when we are feeling very sad.
快樂 can also mean pleasure, enjoyment, delight, cheerfulness, or merry. In some ways, this is the essence that makes someone perceived as a charming person.
快感 is a Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean word meaning pleasure, thrill, delight, joy, pleasurable sensation, or pleasant feeling.
生日快樂 is how to write “Happy Birthday” in Chinese.
The first two characters mean “birthday,” and the second two characters mean “happiness,” or rather a wish for happiness.
Because a birthday only lasts one day per year, we strongly suggest that you find an appropriate and personal calligraphy gift that can be hung in the recipient's home year-round.
If you want to wish someone a happy new year, 新年快樂 is the way.
You can hang this up during Western New Years (Dec 31st - Jan 1st) and keep it up until after Chinese New Year which happens in either January or February of each year (it changes from year to year because China uses a lunar calendar).
Part of Revelation 22:20
是了我必快來 is an excerpt from Revelations 22:20. It says “Surely, I am coming quickly” or “Surely I come quickly” depending on which Bible translation you use.
The Chinese translation here comes from the Chinese Union Bible which has been around for almost 100 years and is the standard for Chinese Christians.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 快 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
快 see styles |
kuài kuai4 k`uai kuai kai かい |
More info & calligraphy: Fastpleasure; delight; enjoyment; (female given name) Yoshi Glad, joyful; quick, sharp. |
快感 see styles |
kuài gǎn kuai4 gan3 k`uai kan kuai kan kaikan かいかん |
More info & calligraphy: Pleasant Feelingpleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure |
快樂 快乐 see styles |
kuài lè kuai4 le4 k`uai le kuai le keraku |
More info & calligraphy: Joyfulness / HappinessJoyful. |
新年快樂 新年快乐 see styles |
xīn nián kuài lè xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 hsin nien k`uai le hsin nien kuai le |
More info & calligraphy: Happy New Year |
生日快樂 生日快乐 see styles |
shēng rì kuài lè sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4 sheng jih k`uai le sheng jih kuai le |
More info & calligraphy: Happy Birthday |
聖誕快樂 圣诞快乐 see styles |
shèng dàn kuài lè sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4 sheng tan k`uai le sheng tan kuai le |
More info & calligraphy: Merry Christmas |
一快 see styles |
kazuyoshi かずよし |
(personal name) Kazuyoshi |
不快 see styles |
bù kuài bu4 kuai4 pu k`uai pu kuai fukai ふかい |
unhappy; in low spirits; (of a knife) not sharp (noun or adjectival noun) (1) displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness; (2) indisposition; ailment displeased |
世快 see styles |
sekai せかい |
(female given name) Sekai |
亮快 see styles |
ryoukai / ryokai りょうかい |
(given name) Ryōkai |
仁快 see styles |
ninkai にんかい |
(given name) Ninkai |
伊快 see styles |
koreyoshi これよし |
(personal name) Koreyoshi |
儘快 尽快 see styles |
jǐn kuài jin3 kuai4 chin k`uai chin kuai |
as quickly as possible; as soon as possible |
全快 see styles |
zenkai ぜんかい |
(n,vs,vi) complete recovery of health |
加快 see styles |
jiā kuài jia1 kuai4 chia k`uai chia kuai |
to accelerate; to speed up |
勤快 see styles |
qín kuài qin2 kuai4 ch`in k`uai chin kuai |
diligent; hardworking |
区快 see styles |
kukai くかい |
(abbreviation) (See 区間快速) Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service |
十快 see styles |
shí kuài shi2 kuai4 shih k`uai shih kuai jikke |
The ten inexpressible joys of the Pure-land; also 十樂. |
厳快 see styles |
itsuyoshi いつよし |
(personal name) Itsuyoshi |
和快 see styles |
kazuyoshi かずよし |
(personal name) Kazuyoshi |
善快 see styles |
shàn kuài shan4 kuai4 shan k`uai shan kuai Zenke |
Joyful |
喬快 see styles |
takayoshi たかよし |
(personal name) Takayoshi |
嘴快 see styles |
zuǐ kuài zui3 kuai4 tsui k`uai tsui kuai |
to have loose lips |
壮快 see styles |
soukai / sokai そうかい |
(noun or adjectival noun) emotionally uplifting; stirring |
外快 see styles |
wài kuài wai4 kuai4 wai k`uai wai kuai |
extra income |
大快 see styles |
hiroyasu ひろやす |
(personal name) Hiroyasu |
太快 see styles |
taikai たいかい |
(personal name) Taikai |
威快 see styles |
takeyoshi たけよし |
(personal name) Takeyoshi |
宥快 see styles |
yòu kuài you4 kuai4 yu k`uai yu kuai yuukai / yukai ゆうかい |
(given name) Yūkai Yūkai |
康快 see styles |
yasuyoshi やすよし |
(male given name) Yasuyoshi |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Fast | 快 | yoshi | kuài / kuai4 / kuai | k`uai / kuai |
Joyfulness Happiness | 快樂 快乐 | kai raku / kairaku | kuài lè / kuai4 le4 / kuai le / kuaile | k`uai le / kuaile / kuai le |
Pleasant Feeling | 快感 | kaikan | kuài gǎn / kuai4 gan3 / kuai gan / kuaigan | k`uai kan / kuaikan / kuai kan |
Happy Birthday | 生日快樂 生日快乐 | shēng rì kuài lè sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4 sheng ri kuai le shengrikuaile | sheng jih k`uai le shengjihkuaile sheng jih kuai le |
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Happy New Year | 新年快樂 新年快乐 | xīn nián kuài lè xin1 nian2 kuai4 le4 xin nian kuai le xinniankuaile | hsin nien k`uai le hsinnienkuaile hsin nien kuai le |
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Merry Christmas | 聖誕快樂 圣诞快乐 | shèng dàn kuài lè sheng4 dan4 kuai4 le4 sheng dan kuai le shengdankuaile | sheng tan k`uai le shengtankuaile sheng tan kuai le |
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Surely I come quickly | 是了我必快來 是了我必快来 | shì le wǒ bì kuài lái shi4 le wo3 bi4 kuai4 lai2 shi le wo bi kuai lai shilewobikuailai | shih le wo pi k`uai lai shihlewopikuailai shih le wo pi kuai lai |
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Slow is Smooth, Smooth is Fast | 慢就是順順就是快 慢就是顺顺就是快 | màn jiù shì shùn shùn jiù shì kuài man4 jiu4 shi4 shun4 shun4 jiu4 shi4 kuai4 man jiu shi shun shun jiu shi kuai | man chiu shih shun shun chiu shih k`uai man chiu shih shun shun chiu shih kuai |
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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.
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