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1. Alt
2. Alta
3. Altair
4. Altamirano
5. Althea
6. Altieri
7. Altman
8. Alton
9. Balta
10. Baltasar
11. Baltazar
12. Balthasar
13. Balthazar
14. Dalton
15. Gibraltar
16. Good Health
17. Good Health / Healthy / Vigor
18. Gualter
19. Gualterio
20. Healthy Living
21. Faithful / Honorable / Trustworthy / Fidelity / Loyalty
22. Inner Strength / Inner Well-Being and Health
23. Jeralt
24. Hunt Foxes with Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open
27. Loyalty
29. Loyalty / Faithful / Devoted
30. Malta
31. Mandala / Altar
32. Men Die for Wealth, Birds Die for Food
33. Money / Wealth
35. Peralta
36. Queralt
37. Reiki Precepts by Usui Mikao
39. Restoration to Good Health
40. Strong / Healthy
41. Valter
42. Walt
43. Walter
44. Walters
45. Walther
46. Walton
This is the Chinese name for Gibraltar (territory of the United Kingdom but also claimed by Spain).
See Also: Great Britain | Spain | Europe
Also suggests being at peace
康 is a single character that means good health or vigor in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
康 can also mean peaceful, at ease, or abundant in some contexts.
Please note that this is rarely seen alone in Japanese Kanji. In Japanese, it is used both for health-related compound words and to denote the kouhou through koushou eras of Japan.
In Korean, this can also be the family name “Kang” (caution: not the only family name romanized as Kang in Korean).
If you are into healthy living, 健康生活 might be an excellent selection for a wall scroll to hang in your home.
The first two characters speak of health, vitality, vigor, and being of sound body. The second two characters mean living or life (daily existence).
信義 is a word often used to describe a person with an honest and loyal reputation.
Simply put, this applies to somebody you can trust (with your life).
In Chinese, this is often defined as good faith, honor, trust, and justice.
In Korean, this word means fidelity, truthfulness, or faithfulness.
In Japanese: faith, fidelity, and loyalty. It's also a Japanese male given name when pronounced “Nobuyoshi.”
闇打狐狸明打狼 is a Chinese proverb that translates as: Hunt foxes stealthily, [and] hunt wolves openly [just as they do].
Figuratively, this means:
Different opponents require different appropriate strategies.
This is a suggestion that you should know your enemy and know that each enemy is different, therefore requires a specialized approach (attack).
See Also: Art of War Military
忠 is the simplest way to write the word loyalty in Chinese and Japanese.
A single character like this leaves the meaning open. But alone, a Chinese or Japanese person would think of loyalty to duty or loyalty to one's master (in ancient times). I suppose that it could be loyalty to your boss or company in this day in age.
忠 can also mean fidelity or faithfulness.
This can also be romanized as “chung.”
忠誠 is the written form of loyalty that is universal in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Loyalty is staying true to someone. It is standing up for something you believe in without wavering. It is being faithful to your family, country, school, friends, or ideals when the going gets tough and when things are good. With loyalty, you build relationships that last forever.
Notes:
1. There is also a Japanese version that is part of the Bushido Code which may be more desirable depending on whether your intended audience is Japanese or Chinese.
2. This version of loyalty is sometimes translated as devotion, sincerity, fidelity, or allegiance.
忠義 is another form of loyalty or devotion.
In Chinese, this is more specifically about being loyal and devoted to your friends.
In Japanese, this is more often used to mean loyalty to your country or nation.
Except for the slight difference noted above between Japanese and Chinese, this word is understood universally in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja. It can also be used to describe devotion or fidelity.
It should be noted that this Kanji combination is being used less and less in modern Japan (this is a better choice if your audience is Chinese, though any Japanese person will clearly understand it).
忠実 is a Japanese way to write “Loyalty” - it also contains the ideas of being faithful, devoted, true, and obedient.
The second character is a modified form only used in the Japanese lexicon; however, Chinese speakers can easily guess the meaning.
This is also a virtue of the Samurai Warrior
See our page with just Code of the Samurai / Bushido here
壇 is the Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja for mandala or altar.
This can also mean platform, podium, rostrum, or “objects of worship grouped together.”
In Japanese, this can be the given name Mayumi.
人為財死鳥為食亡 is a Chinese proverb that literally states that human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food.
Figuratively it means that man will do anything in his means to become rich. Personally, I think dying for food is a more noble cause.
Often translated as “Men die in pursuit of wealth, birds die in pursuit of food. The 人 in this proverb just means human, so “men” is a placeholder for human with that translation - an English language problem that we have no easy gender-neutral nouns.
This proverb is meant to serve as a warning about the follies of greed.
金錢/金銭 means money, cash, currency, or wealth in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Literally, it means “gold coins” but has come to be used to mean money in general, as well as the idea of wealth.
The second character of this word is written in a variant form in Japan. The more common version in Japan is shown to the right. Click on the Kanji to the right instead of the button above if you want this Japanese variant in your calligraphy.
安康 means just what it says. It's a word that expresses both the idea of being at peace and healthy at the same time.
Note: 安康 is a bonafide word in Chinese and Korean, and the characters will at least make sense in Japanese.
Alternate Version
靈氣療法肇祖臼井甕男先生遺訓招福の秘法萬病の霊薬今日丈けは心配すな感謝して業を励げめ人に親切に is an alternate version of the precepts or tenets of Reiki by Usui Mikao.
It is impossible to be sure which version or versions were actually written by Usui Mikao. This is the less common of the three versions that you might see in the wild.
Here is a breakdown of the characters and a rough translation:
靈氣 療法 肇祖 臼井甕男。
Reiki therapy founder Mikao Usui
先生 遺訓。
Teacher's testament
招福の秘法, 萬病の霊薬。
Invite blessings of [the] secret method, 10,000 illnesses of spiritual medicine.
今日丈けは: 怒るな, 心配すな, 感謝して, 業をはげめ, 人に親切に。
At least for today: Do not be angry, do not worry, be grateful, work with diligence, [and] be kind to people.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
This “strong” character is the more “healthy” version of strong. 健 is the “strong” that is appropriate for an athlete.
Beyond “healthy,” it can also mean strength, persistence, vigorous, or invigorated/invigoration.
健やか is a verbose way to say strong and healthy in Japanese. 健やか is the “strong” that is appropriate for an athlete.
Beyond “healthy,” it can also mean strength, persistence, vigorous, or invigoration.
Japanese also use the first Kanji to mean the same thing. This version adds two hiragana which serve to emphasize or amplify the word and clarify the meaning.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
The title says it all; this word is clearly understood in Chinese and Japanese as well as Korean Hanja.
財富 means wealth or riches in Chinese.
Hanging this on your wall will label you as a “lover of money” or a “greedy person.” Order this only if you don't mind being seen in this light.
The most famous tattoo in Chinese history
盡忠報國 is a proverb that is the tattoo worn on the back of Yue Fei, a famous Chinese warrior who lived until 1142 A.D.
The tattoo can be translated as “Serve the country with the utmost loyalty.” More literally, it means “[The] Ultimate Loyalty [is too] Duty [of] Country.”
Legend has it that this tattoo once saved his life when he was accused of treason.
The first two characters have come to create a word that means “serve the country faithfully” or “die for the country.” Note: It's more a willingness to die for one's country than the actual act of dying.
The last two characters have come to mean “Dedicate oneself to the service of one's country.”
Both of these words are probably only in the Chinese lexicon because of this famous tattoo.
If you break it down, character-by-character, here is what you get:
1. To the utmost, to the limit of something, the ultimate.
2. Loyalty or duty (a sense of duty to one's master, lord, country, or job).
3. Report, recompense, give back to (in this case, you are giving yourself to your country as payback).
4. Country, state, nation, kingdom.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Alt | 阿爾特 阿尔特 | ā ěr tè / a1 er3 te4 / a er te / aerte | a erh t`e / aerhte / a erh te | |
| Alt | アルト | aruto | ||
| Alta | 阿爾塔 阿尔塔 | ā ěr tǎ / a1 er3 ta3 / a er ta / aerta | a erh t`a / aerhta / a erh ta | |
| Alta | アルタ | aruta | ||
| Altair | 阿泰爾 阿泰尔 | ā tài ěr a1 tai4 er3 a tai er ataier | a t`ai erh ataierh a tai erh |
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| Altair | アルタイル | arutairu | ||
| Altamirano | 阿爾塔米拉諾 阿尔塔米拉诺 | ā ěr tǎ mǐ lā nuò a1 er3 ta3 mi3 la1 nuo4 a er ta mi la nuo aertamilanuo | a erh t`a mi la no aerhtamilano a erh ta mi la no |
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| Altamirano | アルタミラノ | arutamirano | ||
| Althea | 阿爾西婭 阿尔西娅 | ā ěr xī yà a1 er3 xi1 ya4 a er xi ya aerxiya | a erh hsi ya aerhhsiya |
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| Althea | アルテア | arutea | ||
| Altieri | 阿爾蒂埃里 阿尔蒂埃里 | ā ěr dì āi lǐ a1 er3 di4 ai1 li3 a er di ai li aerdiaili | a erh ti ai li aerhtiaili |
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| Altieri | アルティエリ | arutieri | ||
| Altman | 奧特曼 奥特曼 | ào tè màn ao4 te4 man4 ao te man aoteman | ao t`e man aoteman ao te man |
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| Altman | アルトマン | arutoman | ||
| Alton | 奧爾頓 奥尔顿 | ào ěr dùn ao4 er3 dun4 ao er dun aoerdun | ao erh tun aoerhtun |
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| Alton | アルトン | aruton | ||
| Balta | 巴爾塔 巴尔塔 | bā ěr tǎ ba1 er3 ta3 ba er ta baerta | pa erh paerh |
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| Balta | バルタ | baruta | ||
| Baltasar | 巴爾塔薩 巴尔塔萨 | bā ěr tǎ sà ba1 er3 ta3 sa4 ba er ta sa baertasa | pa erh t`a sa paerhtasa pa erh ta sa |
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| Baltasar | バルタザー | barutazaa / barutaza | ||
| Baltazar | 巴爾塔扎 巴尔塔扎 | bā ěr tǎ zhā ba1 er3 ta3 zha1 ba er ta zha baertazha | pa erh t`a cha paerhtacha pa erh ta cha |
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| Baltazar | バルタザール | barutazaaru barutazaru | ||
| Balthasar | 巴爾塔薩 巴尔塔萨 | bā ěr tǎ sà ba1 er3 ta3 sa4 ba er ta sa baertasa | pa erh t`a sa paerhtasa pa erh ta sa |
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| Balthasar | バルサザー | barusazaa / barusaza | ||
| Balthazar | 巴爾薩澤 巴尔萨泽 | bā ěr sà zé ba1 er3 sa4 ze2 ba er sa ze baersaze | pa erh sa tse paerhsatse |
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| Balthazar | バルタザール | barutazaaru barutazaru | ||
| Dalton | 道爾頓 道尔顿 | dào ěr dùn dao4 er3 dun4 dao er dun daoerdun | tao erh tun taoerhtun |
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| Dalton | ダルトン | daruton | ||
| Gibraltar | 直布羅陀 直布罗陀 | zhí bù luō tuó zhi2 bu4 luo1 tuo2 zhi bu luo tuo zhibuluotuo | chih pu lo t`o chihpuloto chih pu lo to |
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| Gibraltar | ジブラルタル | jiburarutaru | ||
| Good Health | 健康 | kenkou / kenko | jiàn kāng jian4 kang1 jian kang jiankang | chien k`ang chienkang chien kang |
| Good Health Healthy Vigor | 康 | kou / ko | kāng / kang1 / kang | k`ang / kang |
| Gualter | 古阿爾特 古阿尔特 | gǔ ā ěr tè gu3 a1 er3 te4 gu a er te guaerte | ku a erh t`e kuaerhte ku a erh te |
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| Gualter | グアルター | guarutaa / guaruta | ||
| Gualterio | 瓜爾特里奧 瓜尔特里奥 | guā ěr tè lǐ ào gua1 er3 te4 li3 ao4 gua er te li ao guaerteliao | kua erh t`e li ao kuaerhteliao kua erh te li ao |
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| Healthy Living | 健康生活 | kenkou seikatsu kenkouseikatsu kenko seikatsu | jiàn kāng shēng huó jian4 kang1 sheng1 huo2 jian kang sheng huo jiankangshenghuo | chien k`ang sheng huo chienkangshenghuo chien kang sheng huo |
| Faithful Honorable Trustworthy Fidelity Loyalty | 信義 信义 | shingi | xìn yì / xin4 yi4 / xin yi / xinyi | hsin i / hsini |
| Inner Strength Inner Well-Being and Health | 內健 | nèi jiàn / nei4 jian4 / nei jian / neijian | nei chien / neichien | |
| Jeralt | 杰拉爾特 杰拉尔特 | jié lā ěr tè jie2 la1 er3 te4 jie la er te jielaerte | chieh la erh t`e chiehlaerhte chieh la erh te |
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| Jeralt | ジェラルト | jeraruto | ||
| Hunt Foxes with Stealth, Hunt Wolves in the Open | 闇打狐狸明打狼 暗打狐狸明打狼 | àn dǎ hú li míng dǎ láng an4 da3 hu2 li ming2 da3 lang2 an da hu li ming da lang andahulimingdalang | an ta hu li ming ta lang antahulimingtalang |
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| Love Loyalty Respect | 愛忠敬 | ài zhōng jìng ai4 zhong1 jing4 ai zhong jing aizhongjing | ai chung ching aichungching |
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| Love Loyalty Respect | 真愛忠誠尊敬 | zhēn ài zhōng chéng zū jìng zhen1 ai4 zhong1 cheng2 zu1 jing4 zhen ai zhong cheng zu jing zhenaizhongchengzujing | chen ai chung ch`eng tsu ching chenaichungchengtsuching chen ai chung cheng tsu ching |
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| Loyalty to Duty or Master | 忠 | chuu / chu | zhōng / zhong1 / zhong | chung |
| Loyalty | 忠誠 忠诚 | chuu sei / chuusei / chu sei | zhōng chéng zhong1 cheng2 zhong cheng zhongcheng | chung ch`eng chungcheng chung cheng |
| Loyalty Devotion | 忠義 忠义 | chuu gi / chuugi / chu gi | zhōng yì / zhong1 yi4 / zhong yi / zhongyi | chung i / chungi |
| Loyalty Faithful Devoted | 忠實 忠実 | chuujitsu / chuugi chujitsu / chugi | ||
| Malta | 馬耳他 马耳他 | mǎ ěr tā ma3 er3 ta1 ma er ta maerta | ma erh t`a maerhta ma erh ta |
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| Malta | マルタ | ma ru ta / maruta | ||
| Mandala Altar | 壇 坛 | dan | tán / tan2 / tan | t`an / tan |
| Men Die for Wealth, Birds Die for Food | 人為財死鳥為食亡 人为财死鸟为食亡 | rén wèi cái sǐ niǎo wèi shí wáng ren2 wei4 cai2 si3 niao3 wei4 shi2 wang2 ren wei cai si niao wei shi wang | jen wei ts`ai ssu niao wei shih wang jen wei tsai ssu niao wei shih wang |
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| Money Wealth | 金錢 / 金銭 金钱 | kin sen / kinsen | jīn qián / jin1 qian2 / jin qian / jinqian | chin ch`ien / chinchien / chin chien |
| Peace and Good Health | 安康 | ān kāng / an1 kang1 / an kang / ankang | an k`ang / ankang / an kang | |
| Peralta | 佩拉爾塔 佩拉尔塔 | pèi lā ěr tǎ pei4 la1 er3 ta3 pei la er ta peilaerta | p`ei la erh t`a peilaerhta pei la erh ta |
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| Peralta | ペラルタ | peraruta | ||
| Queralt | 克拉爾特 克拉尔特 | kè lā ěr tè ke4 la1 er3 te4 ke la er te kelaerte | k`o la erh t`e kolaerhte ko la erh te |
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| Queralt | クリアルト | kuriaruto | ||
| Reiki Precepts by Usui Mikao (Alternate) | 靈氣療法肇祖臼井甕男先生遺訓招福の秘法萬病の霊薬今日丈けは怒るな心配すな感謝して業を励げめ人に親切に | reiki ryouhou chouso usui mikao sensei ikun shoufuku no hihou yorozu byou no reiyaku kyou take ke wa oko ru na shinpai suna kansha shite gou o hagemu ge me hito ni shinsetsu ni reiki ryoho choso usui mikao sensei ikun shofuku no hiho yorozu byo no reiyaku kyo take ke wa oko ru na shinpai suna kansha shite go o hagemu ge me hito ni shinsetsu ni | ||
| Respect and Loyalty | 尊敬忠誠 尊敬忠诚 | son kei chu sei sonkeichusei | zūn jìng zhōng chéng zun1 jing4 zhong1 cheng2 zun jing zhong cheng zunjingzhongcheng | tsun ching chung ch`eng tsunchingchungcheng tsun ching chung cheng |
| Restoration to Good Health | 平復 平复 | byou fuku / byoufuku / byo fuku | píng fù / ping2 fu4 / ping fu / pingfu | p`ing fu / pingfu / ping fu |
| Strong Healthy | 健 | ken | jiàn / jian4 / jian | chien |
| Strong Healthy | 健やか | sukoyaka | ||
| Valter | 瓦爾特 瓦尔特 | wǎ ěr tè wa3 er3 te4 wa er te waerte | wa erh t`e waerhte wa erh te |
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| Valter | ヴァルター | varutaa / varuta | ||
| Walt | 威樂特 威乐特 | wēi lè tè wei1 le4 te4 wei le te weilete | wei le t`e weilete wei le te |
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| Walt | ヲルト | woruto | ||
| Walter | 沃爾特 沃尔特 | wò ěr tè wo4 er3 te4 wo er te woerte | wo erh t`e woerhte wo erh te |
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| Walter | ウオルター | uorutaa / uoruta | ||
| Walters | 沃爾特斯 沃尔特斯 | wò ěr tè sī wo4 er3 te4 si1 wo er te si woertesi | wo erh t`e ssu woerhtessu wo erh te ssu |
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| Walters | ウォルターズ | worutaazu / worutazu | ||
| Walther | 沃爾特 沃尔特 | wò ěr tè wo4 er3 te4 wo er te woerte | wo erh t`e woerhte wo erh te |
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| Walther | ウォルター | worutaa / woruta | ||
| Walton | 沃爾頓 沃尔顿 | wò ěr dùn wo4 er3 dun4 wo er dun woerdun | wo erh tun woerhtun |
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| Wealth Fortune Riches Abundance | 富 | tomi | fù / fu4 / fu | |
| Wealth Riches Fortune | 財富 财富 | cái fù / cai2 fu4 / cai fu / caifu | ts`ai fu / tsaifu / tsai fu | |
| Ultimate Loyalty to Your Country | 盡忠報國 尽忠报国 | jìn zhōng bào guó jin4 zhong1 bao4 guo2 jin zhong bao guo jinzhongbaoguo | chin chung pao kuo chinchungpaokuo |
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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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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.
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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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