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Bird in Chinese / Japanese...

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Personalize your custom “Bird” project by clicking the button next to your favorite “Bird” title below...


  1. Flying Ace / Aviator / Bird Man

  2. Bird

  3. Bad Experience, Caution Lingers

  4. Black Raven

  5. Black Eagle / Condor

  6. Crane

  7. Eagle / Falcon / Hawk

  8. Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark

  9. Sparrow

10. Swallow

11. Swan / White Crane

12. White Crane


Flying Ace / Aviator / Bird Man

 chou jin
Flying Ace / Aviator / Bird Man Scroll

鳥人 means “bird man” or “bird person,” but it is used colloquially in Japanese to mean a flying ace or aviator.

 niǎo
 tori
 
Bird Scroll

鳥 is simply the word for bird in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

鳥 can also mean fowl, poultry, cock, or chicken.

Bad Experience, Caution Lingers

A bird wounded by an arrow

 shāng gōng zhī niǎo
 shou kyuu no tori
Bad Experience, Caution Lingers Scroll

傷弓之鳥 means “bird wounded by an arrow.”

Figuratively, this refers to a wounded or damaged person. It's very similar to the western proverb, “a person once bitten is twice shy.” To explain further, this is about someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience.

This phrase is used in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean.

 wū
 karasu
 
Black Raven Scroll

烏 can mean raven or crow but is also used as an alternate way to write the color black.

Therefore, this is a symbol of the black raven (with emphasis on black). This can also mean rook or dark.


Notes: This can be the Japanese surname Karasu, or Chinese surname Wu.

Black Eagle / Condor

 jiù
 washi
 
Black Eagle / Condor Scroll

鷲 is the way to write black eagle or condor in Chinese.

It means eagle (sometimes vulture) in Japanese Kanji. 鷲 hasn't been in common use in Korean for hundreds of years, so it's hard to say what bird it represented in old Korean Hanja.

There are other multi-character words that express different specific species of birds of prey (bald eagle, osprey, golden eagle, etc).


If you need a more specific title, just contact me.

Crane

Graceful bird of longevity

 hè
 gaku / tsuru
 
Crane Scroll

鶴 is a famous bird of China.

Known in China to be a very spiritual creature, the crane is a symbol of both longevity and the journey of the souls and spirits of ancestors.

Note: 鶴 can mean crane or stork in Japanese.

Eagle / Falcon / Hawk

 yīng
 taka
 
Eagle / Falcon / Hawk Scroll

鷹 is the way to write eagle, falcon, or hawk in Chinese.

It means hawk or falcon in Japanese Kanji, and simply “eagle” in old Korean Hanja. Though we have different words for them in English, eagles, falcons, and hawks are all seen as the same general type of bird in Asian languages.

If you are looking for the Dutch surname Valk, or the German surname Falco by meaning, this would be a good character for you.


There are other multi-character words (most of them contain this character) which express different specific species of birds of prey (bald eagle, osprey, golden eagle, etc). If you need a more specific title, just contact me.

Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark

 xìn niǎn shì zài lí míng qián de hēi àn zhōng néng gǎn dào guāng míng de niǎo
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark Scroll

信唸是在黎明前的黑闇中能感到光明的鳥 is a philosophical poem/quote from Indian Poet and Philosopher, Rabindranath Tagore.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore, 1915

This quote is not sourced, and therefore several variations exist in English. Some suggest the original was in the Bengali language.

This, of course, is the Chinese translation that has the meaning of, “Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark.”

More about Rabindranath Tagore

 má què
 maa jan
Sparrow Scroll

麻雀 is the common and specific name for a hemp sparrow bird in Chinese.

This was also the original name for the game, known commonly as Mahjong. You will still see boxes of Mahjong tiles with the title 麻雀 for sparrow instead of the modern 麻將 in Southern China. This title is also used for Mahjong in Japan.

 yàn
 yasushi
 
Swallow Scroll

燕 is the single character for the swallow (bird).

If you are a zoologist, this can refer to birds of the family Hirundinidae. Sometimes used to refer to Hirundo rustica (the barn swallow).

燕 is also a surname in China that is romanized as Yan. In fact, there were also several different Yan kingdoms in the ancient history of China (which is the origin of the surname).

Swan / White Crane

 hakuchou / shirotori
Swan / White Crane Scroll

白鳥 is the Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja title for white swan (Cygnus Bechstein).

The title literally means white-feathered bird. This title can also be used to refer to a white crane.

This can also be the Japanese surname, Hakuchou.

 bái hè
White Crane Scroll

白鶴 means White Crane.

This title directly means “White Crane” in Chinese, but in English, this particular crane is referred to as the “red-crowned crane” or “Grus Japonensis.” This crane is mostly white with a red bill (crown).




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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
Flying Ace
Aviator
Bird Man
鳥人chou jin / choujin / cho jin
Bird
toriniǎo / niao3 / niao
Bad Experience, Caution Lingers傷弓之鳥
伤弓之鸟
shou kyuu no tori
shoukyuunotori
sho kyu no tori
shāng gōng zhī niǎo
shang1 gong1 zhi1 niao3
shang gong zhi niao
shanggongzhiniao
shang kung chih niao
shangkungchihniao
Black Raven
karasuwū / wu1 / wu
Black Eagle
Condor

washijiù / jiu4 / jiuchiu
Crane
gaku / tsuruhè / he4 / heho
Eagle
Falcon
Hawk

takayīng / ying1 / ying
Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark信唸是在黎明前的黑闇中能感到光明的鳥
信念是在黎明前的黑暗中能感到光明的鸟
xìn niǎn shì zài lí míng qián de hēi àn zhōng néng gǎn dào guāng míng de niǎo
xin4 nian3 shi4 zai4 li2 ming2 qian2 de hei1 an4 zhong1 neng2 gan3 dao4 guang1 ming2 de niao3
xin nian shi zai li ming qian de hei an zhong neng gan dao guang ming de niao
hsin nien shih tsai li ming ch`ien te hei an chung neng kan tao kuang ming te niao
hsin nien shih tsai li ming chien te hei an chung neng kan tao kuang ming te niao
Sparrow麻雀maa jan / maajan / ma janmá què / ma2 que4 / ma que / maquema ch`üeh / machüeh / ma chüeh
Swallowyasushiyàn / yan4 / yanyen
Swan
White Crane
白鳥hakuchou / shirotori
hakucho / shirotori
White Crane白鶴
白鹤
bái hè / bai2 he4 / bai he / baihepai ho / paiho
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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A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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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.

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

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