方 in Chinese / Japanese...

fāng

hou

방

方 is the most common version of a Chinese surname that romanizes as Fong from Taiwan or Fang from mainland China.

The meaning of this character is square, upright, honest, fair and square, direction, place, or side. Sometimes 方 can refer to a method, prescription, or way of doing things.

In Japanese, this can be the given names Michi, Masani, Masashi,Tamotsu, Tadashi. It can also be Japanese surnames Hon, Hou, Ho, Fuon, Pan, Ban, Tokukata, or Kata.

fāng zhōu

hakobune

방주

方舟 is the Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean name for an ark (as in Noah's Ark).

The literal translation is the square boat.

ē fāng suǒ

阿方索 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Alfonso.

ā fāng suǒ

阿方索 is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Alfonzo.

ā fāng suǒ

阿方索 is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Alphonso.

ā ěr fāng sī

阿爾方斯 is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Alphonse.

dōng fāng zì zūn

dung fong chi juen

tou hou zi son

동방자존

東方自尊 is the most universal way to write "Asian Pride."

We worked on this one for a long time. The effort involved both Chinese and Japanese translators and lengthy discussions. If you have been searching for this term, there is a reason that it's hard to find the way to write "Asian Pride" in Chinese and Japanese - it's because of the inherent difficulties in figuring out a universal combination of characters that can be read in all languages that use forms of Chinese characters.

This final solution that you see to the left creates a reasonable title in Chinese, and an exotic (perhaps unusual) title in Japanese (This could be read as "Eastern Self-Respect" in Japanese").
Although not as natural, it does have the same meaning in Korean Hanja and the older-generation of Vietnamese people will be able to read it too.

The first two characters literally mean "Oriental" and the second two mean "pride," "self-esteem," or "self-respect" (we chose the most non-arrogant way to say "pride"). If you have "Asian Pride" (sometimes spelled Asian Pryde) these are the characters for you.

Note: For those of you that wonder, there is nothing technically wrong with the word "Oriental." It is a correct word, and any bad meanings were created by so-called "Asian Americans" and Caucasians in the United States. To say "Asian" would not completely correct to the intended meaning, since that would include people from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, India, and portions of Russia.

For further proof, if you were of East Asian ancestry and born in England, you would be known as a "British Oriental" (The "Oriental stigma" is basically an American creation and, therefore, applies mostly to the American English language - where they get a bit overzealous with political correctness).

Further, since the Chinese and Japanese word for Oriental is not English, it can not be construed having ill-meaning. One trip to China or Japan, and you will find many things titled with these two characters such as malls, buildings, and business names. These places also use "Oriental" as their English title (much as we do, since our Chinese business name starts with these same two characters).

In short, the first two character have the meaning that Americans attach to "Asian" but is more technically correct.

ana ta ga hitsu you

Some people like to say, "I love you" but others might want to say "I need you." 貴方が必要 is "I need you" in Japanese.

The first two characters mean "You."

The middle character is a connecting particle. In this case, it more or less means "are."

The last two characters mean necessary, needed, essential, indispensable, or necessity.

The "I" in the title is implied. Effectively this means "I need you."

shikataganai

Shikataganai is a Japanese phrase meaning, "it cannot be helped," or "nothing can be done about it."

Other translations include: It can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use.

This phrase is sometimes used in Japan to refer to when (Japanese) people as a whole must endure things that are beyond their control.

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

mugen no kanata e

This means, "to infinity and beyond," in Japanese.

This is how the slogan/phrase from Toy Story's Buzz Lightyear was translated from the movie into Japanese.

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

kamisama wa itsumo watashi to anata to issho ni iru

This Japanese phrase means, "God is always with you."

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

anata ni totte jyuyou na koto wo kioku suru

This means "Remember What Is Important To You" in Japanese.

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