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鴉 is raven or crow in Chinese characters, old Korean Hanja, and Japanese Kanji. 鴉 is also an abbreviation for the Corvus species.
If this is your favorite bird, hang this symbol on your wall.
Note: Can also be the surname Karasu in Japanese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 鴉 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鴉 鸦 see styles |
yā ya1 ya karasu からす |
More info & calligraphy: Raven / Crow(kana only) crow (Corvus spp.); raven; (surname) Karasu |
初鴉 see styles |
hatsugarasu はつがらす |
crow cawing on New Year's Day |
塗鴉 涂鸦 see styles |
tú yā tu2 ya1 t`u ya tu ya |
graffiti; scrawl; poor calligraphy; to write badly; to scribble |
大鴉 see styles |
oogarasu おおがらす |
(work) The Raven (narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe); (wk) The Raven (narrative poem by Edgar Allan Poe) |
家鴉 家鸦 see styles |
jiā yā jia1 ya1 chia ya |
(bird species of China) house crow (Corvus splendens) |
寒鴉 寒鸦 see styles |
hán yā han2 ya1 han ya kana かんあ |
(bird species of China) western jackdaw; Eurasian jackdaw (Coloeus monedula) (See かんがらす) winter crow |
小鴉 see styles |
kogarasu こがらす |
(surname) Kogarasu |
山鴉 see styles |
yamagarasu やまがらす |
(1) crow in the mountains; (2) jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos); (3) rook (species of crow, Corvus frugilegus); (4) (archaism) (derogatory term) dark-skinned person |
岳鴉 see styles |
dakegarasu だけがらす takegarasu たけがらす |
(kana only) (obscure) spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) |
旅鴉 see styles |
tabigarasu たびがらす |
(1) wanderer; stranger; vagrant; vagabond; (2) (derogatory term) outsider; stranger |
星鴉 星鸦 see styles |
xīng yā xing1 ya1 hsing ya hoshigarasu ほしがらす |
(bird species of China) spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) (kana only) spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) |
暁鴉 see styles |
gyoua / gyoa ぎょうあ |
(rare) (See 明け烏・1) crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning |
松鴉 松鸦 see styles |
sōng yā song1 ya1 sung ya |
(bird species of China) Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) |
海鴉 see styles |
umigarasu うみがらす |
(kana only) common murre; common guillemot (Uria aalge) |
渡鴉 渡鸦 see styles |
dù yā du4 ya1 tu ya watarigarasu わたりがらす |
(bird species of China) common raven (Corvus corax) (kana only) common raven (Corvus corax) |
烏鴉 乌鸦 see styles |
wū yā wu1 ya1 wu ya ugarasu うがらす |
crow; raven (place-name) Ugarasu |
群鴉 see styles |
muragarasu むらがらす |
(archaism) flock of crows; murder of crows |
蒼鴉 see styles |
soua / soa そうあ |
(female given name) Soua |
鴉嘩 see styles |
aika あいか |
(female given name) Aika |
鴉山 see styles |
karasuyama からすやま |
(place-name) Karasuyama |
鴉根 see styles |
karasune からすね |
(place-name) Karasune |
鴉沢 see styles |
karasuzawa からすざわ |
(place-name) Karasuzawa |
鴉片 鸦片 see styles |
yā piàn ya1 pian4 ya p`ien ya pien ahen あへん |
opium (loanword) (kana only) opium |
鴉田 see styles |
karasuda からすだ |
(surname) Karasuda |
鴉紋 see styles |
amon あもん |
(surname) Amon |
鴉越 see styles |
ugoshi うごし |
(surname) Ugoshi |
鴉髻 see styles |
akei / ake あけい |
(rare) jet-black hair |
北噪鴉 北噪鸦 see styles |
běi zào yā bei3 zao4 ya1 pei tsao ya |
(bird species of China) Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus) |
叢林鴉 丛林鸦 see styles |
cóng lín yā cong2 lin2 ya1 ts`ung lin ya tsung lin ya |
(bird species of China) Indian jungle crow (Corvus culminatus) |
嘴太鴉 see styles |
hashibutogarasu; hashibutogarasu はしぶとがらす; ハシブトガラス |
(kana only) jungle crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Raven Crow | 鴉 鸦 | karasu | yā / ya1 / ya | |
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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
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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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