Buy a Custom Father Chinese or Japanese Calligraphy Wall Scroll

We have many options to create artwork with the Chinese characters / Asian symbols / Japanese Kanji for Father on a wall scroll or portrait.
If you want to create a cool Father wall scroll, this is the place. Below you will find a few Asian symbols that express the idea of Father.


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  1. No one knows a son better than the father

  2. Bond

  3. No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own

  4. Family Bond / Family Ties

  5. Father and Daughter

  6. Father and Son

  7. Daddy / Father

  8. Father and Son

  9. A Father’s Love

10. Loving Father

11. Love for Parents


No one knows a son better than the father

 zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
No one knows a son better than the father Scroll

知子莫若父 can be translated as “No one knows a son better than his father.”

This idiom is based on the idea that after spending many years together, family members know everything about each other. Better than anyone else, a father knows the qualities and shortcomings of his son.

If you are looking for something about “father and son,” this is probably the best selection.

While this is the original proverb (very old), others have been composed about various combinations of mothers, sons, daughters, and fathers. Let me know if you need a custom version.

 bàn
 kizuna
 
Bond Scroll

This Kanji represents a bond, as in the bond between mother and daughter, father and son, family ties, or a family bond.

絆 is the kind of character that says, no matter what happens (difficult times), we have this bond that cannot be broken.

If you go to the Japanese dictionary, the definition is the bonds (between people), (emotional) ties, relationship, connection, link, tether, or fetters.



Read this before ordering...
This Kanji is best if your audience is Japanese. While this is also a Chinese character, it has a completely different meaning in Chinese (it means to hinder or stumble in Chinese). it’s a very rare character in Korean Hanja but does mean bond in Korean (used in Korean words for certain kinds of glue and sticking plaster).

No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own

 ko wo motte shiru oya no on
No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own Scroll

子を持って知る親の恩 literally translates as: Only after you have a baby, you would appreciate your parents (feel the way they do, etc).

This is a bit like the “walk a mile in another man's shoes” saying. Basically, it's about you cannot fully understand the plight of others until you experience it yourself. It also shows appreciation for the plight of parents.

This Japanese proverb can also be translated a few more ways:

No man knows what he owes to his parents till he comes to have children of his own.

One knows not what one owes to one's parents till one comes to have children of one's own.

Only after you have a baby, you will appreciate your parents or feel the way they do.

Only after becoming a parent yourself do you realize how much you owe [how indebted you are] to your own parents.


Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Family Bond / Family Ties

 ruien
Family Bond / Family Ties Scroll

類縁 is a Japanese word that means affinity or family relationship.

This is about the bond shared by blood within a family or those from the same ancestor.

Father and Daughter

 fù nǚ
Father and Daughter Scroll

父女 is a title for “father and daughter” in Chinese.

Note: 父女 is an unusual word for a calligraphy wall scroll.

Father and Daughter

 chichi musume
Father and Daughter Scroll

父娘 is a title for “father and daughter” in Japanese Kanji.

Father and Son

 chichi musuko
Father and Son Scroll

父息子 is “father and son” in Japanese.

Daddy / Father

 bà ba
Daddy / Father Scroll

爸爸 is the colloquial way to say “Daddy” in Chinese.

Sometimes Chinese people will refer to their father with just one of these characters, “Ba,” which would be like “Dad.” With both characters, “Baba,” it's more like “Daddy.”

爸爸 is really a weird selection for a wall scroll, so consider this entry to be for educational purposes only (don't order this).

Father and Son

 fù yù zǐ
Father and Son Scroll

父與子 is the simple term for “Father and Son.”

However, we like some of our other tribute phrases to fathers better than this one.

A Father’s Love

 fù ài
A Father’s Love Scroll

父愛 means “father's love” in Chinese.

A Father’s Love

 chichi no ai
A Father’s Love Scroll

父の愛 means “father's love” in Japanese.

Loving Father

 cí fù
 jifu
Loving Father Scroll

慈父 is the title of a loving father, affectionate father, or merciful father.

A great gift for your dad.

Love for Parents

 oya omoi
Love for Parents Scroll

親思い is “love or affection for one's parents” in Japanese.




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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
No one knows a son better than the father知子莫若父zhī zǐ mò ruò fù
zhi1 zi3 mo4 ruo4 fu4
zhi zi mo ruo fu
zhizimoruofu
chih tzu mo jo fu
chihtzumojofu
Bond
kizunabàn / ban4 / banpan
No man knows what he owes to his parents until he comes to have children of his own子を持って知る親の恩ko wo motte shiru oya no on
kowomotteshiruoyanoon
Family Bond
Family Ties
類縁ruien
Father and Daughter父女fù nǚ / fu4 nv3 / fu nv / funvfu nü / funü
Father and Daughter父娘chichi musume
chichimusume
Father and Son父息子chichi musuko
chichimusuko
Daddy
Father
爸爸bà ba / ba4 ba / ba ba / babapa pa / papa
Father and Son父與子
父与子
fù yù zǐ
fu4 yu4 zi3
fu yu zi
fuyuzi
fu yü tzu
fuyützu
A Father’s Love父愛
父爱
fù ài / fu4 ai4 / fu ai / fuai
A Father’s Love父の愛chichi no ai
chichinoai
Loving Father慈父jifucí fù / ci2 fu4 / ci fu / cifutz`u fu / tzufu / tzu fu
Love for Parents親思いoya omoi / oyaomoi
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.


Dictionary

Lookup in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary

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.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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.