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巨人 can mean giant or great person (great man or woman) in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
巨人 is also the short name of the Tokyo Giants baseball team.
Sometimes the Japanese female name Mito.
大熊貓 is how to write “giant panda” in Chinese.
大熊貓 is specific to the “giant panda,” which has black and white fur. Not to be confused with other types of smaller pandas in China.
The literal meaning of these characters is “great/big bear cat.” Chinese do think of pandas as “cat-like bears.”
Note: In Japanese, they only express Giant Panda in Katakana, which is ジャイアント パンダ” (Jaianto Panda). So we have not included that for wall scroll orders.
Sea Creature
A 鲲 (Kun) is a famous sea monster, often associated or used interchangeably with a 鵬 (Peng).
鯤 is comparable to Leviathan or Jonah's whale.
In Chinese mythology, the Kun is a giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird.
鯤 and the mythological creature is also known in Japanese and Korean. However, in some contexts, this character can refer to fry (fish babies).
熊貓 is how to write “panda” in Chinese.
熊貓 is kind of a generic term that is applied to all pandas. When most people think of panda bears, they are really thinking of the “giant panda,” which has black and white fur.
The literal meaning of these characters is “bear cat.” Chinese do think of pandas as “cat-like bears.”
This demon title comes from the ancient Sanskrit word Asura.
阿修羅 is often used in Buddhism when describing various demons. Sometimes defined as “Fighting and battling a giant demon.”
In the context of Buddhism: This title originally meant a spirit, spirits, or even the gods (perhaps before 1700 years ago). It now generally indicates titanic demons, enemies of the gods, with whom, especially Indra, they wage constant war. They are defined as “not devas,” “ugly,” and “without wine.” There are four classes of asuras, separated according to their manner of rebirth. They can be egg-born, womb-born, transformation-born, and spawn- or water-born. Their abode is in the ocean, north of Sumeru but certain of the weaker dwell in a western mountain cave. They have realms, rulers, and palaces, as have the devas.
In terms of power, Asuras rank above humans but below most other deities. They live near the coastal foot of Mount Sumeru (on the northern side). Their domain is partially or wholly in the ocean.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鯤 鲲 see styles |
kūn kun1 k`un kun kon こん |
More info & calligraphy: Kun{chmyth} (See 鵬) kun (giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird) |
人魚 人鱼 see styles |
rén yú ren2 yu2 jen yü ningyo にんぎょ |
More info & calligraphy: Mermaid / Mermanmermaid; merman; (female given name) Hitona |
傑物 see styles |
ketsubutsu けつぶつ |
More info & calligraphy: Man of Remarkable Character / Hero |
巨人 see styles |
jù rén ju4 ren2 chü jen kyojin きょじん |
More info & calligraphy: Giant(1) giant; great man; (2) (abbreviation) Tokyo Giants (baseball team); (female given name) Mito |
米拉 see styles |
mǐ lā mi3 la1 mi la |
More info & calligraphy: Mylah |
大熊貓 大熊猫 see styles |
dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 ta hsiung mao |
More info & calligraphy: Giant Panda |
巨無霸 巨无霸 see styles |
jù wú bà ju4 wu2 ba4 chü wu pa |
More info & calligraphy: Leviathan |
楠 see styles |
nán nan2 nan nan なん |
Machilus nanmu; Chinese cedar; Chinese giant redwood (kana only) camphor tree (Cinnamomum camphora); camphorwood; camphor laurel; (surname) Nan |
苳 see styles |
fuki ふき |
(kana only) giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot |
蕗 see styles |
lù lu4 lu ro ろ |
leucacene (kana only) giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot; (personal name) Ro |
蜃 see styles |
shèn shen4 shen shin |
giant clam; (mythology) clam-monster said to breathe out a vapor that forms a mirage of buildings Mirage; sea-serpent; frog. |
鴻 鸿 see styles |
hóng hong2 hung bishiyago びしやご |
eastern bean goose; great; large (kana only) bean goose (Anser fabalis); (1) large bird; (2) peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); (3) fenghuang (Chinese phoenix); (surname) Bishiyago |
鵬 鹏 see styles |
péng peng2 p`eng peng hou; bou / ho; bo ほう; ぼう |
Peng, large fabulous bird; roc {chmyth} (See 鯤) peng (giant bird said to transform from a fish); (given name) Hou |
乾竹 see styles |
karatake からたけ |
(1) (kana only) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (2) Henon bamboo (Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis) |
刑天 see styles |
xíng tiān xing2 tian1 hsing t`ien hsing tien |
Xingtian, headless giant hero of Chinese mythology decapitated by the Yellow Emperor 黃帝|黄帝[Huang2 di4] |
半割 see styles |
hanwari はんわり |
(kana only) Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus); (place-name) Hanwari |
半裂 see styles |
hanzaki はんざき |
(kana only) Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) |
大妖 see styles |
taiyou / taiyo たいよう |
great demon; ghostly giant |
大玉 see styles |
oodama おおだま |
large ball; giant ball (e.g. as pushed by competing teams in a school sports day); (surname) Oodama |
大男 see styles |
oootoko おおおとこ |
big man; large man; tall man; giant |
大紫 see styles |
oomurasaki; oomurasaki おおむらさき; オオムラサキ |
(1) giant purple butterfly (species of nymphalid butterfly, Sasakia charonda); (2) Rhododendron oomurasaki (species of purple azalea); (surname) Oomurasaki |
大蟇 see styles |
oohikigaeru; oohikigaeru おおひきがえる; オオヒキガエル |
(kana only) cane toad (Rhinella marina); marine toad; giant toad |
大鯢 大鲵 see styles |
dà ní da4 ni2 ta ni |
giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) |
大鰻 see styles |
oounagi; oounagi / oonagi; oonagi おおうなぎ; オオウナギ |
(kana only) giant mottled eel (Anguilla marmorata); marbled eel |
大鳥 see styles |
oodori おおどり |
(1) large bird; (2) peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); (3) fenghuang (Chinese phoenix); (surname) Oodori |
大鵬 大鹏 see styles |
dà péng da4 peng2 ta p`eng ta peng taihou / taiho たいほう |
legendary giant bird dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda); (surname) Taihou |
嫪毐 see styles |
lào ǎi lao4 ai3 lao ai |
Lao Ai (-238 BC), man of Qin famous for his giant penis; in fiction, bogus eunuch and the consort of king Ying Zheng's mother lady Zhao |
山男 see styles |
yamaotoko やまおとこ |
giant; woodsman; alpinist |
山蕗 see styles |
yamabuki やまぶき |
(1) (See 蕗) wild giant butterbur; (2) (See 石蕗) Japanese silverleaf |
川竹 see styles |
kawatake かわたけ |
(1) bamboo growing along a river bank; (2) Japanese timber bamboo (Phyllostachys bambsoides); giant timber bamboo; madake; (3) Simon bamboo (Pleioblastus simonii); (4) (archaism) prostitute; the life of a prostitute; (surname) Kawatake |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Giant | 巨人 | kyojin | jù rén / ju4 ren2 / ju ren / juren | chü jen / chüjen |
Giant Panda | 大熊貓 大熊猫 | dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 da xiong mao daxiongmao | ta hsiung mao tahsiungmao |
|
Leviathan | 巨無霸 巨无霸 | jù wú bà ju4 wu2 ba4 ju wu ba juwuba | chü wu pa chüwupa |
|
Kun | 鯤 鲲 | kon | kūn / kun1 / kun | k`un / kun |
Panda Bear | 熊貓 熊猫 | xióng māo xiong2 mao1 xiong mao xiongmao | hsiung mao hsiungmao |
|
Frightful Demon Asura | 阿修羅 阿修罗 | ashura | ē xiū luó e1 xiu1 luo2 e xiu luo exiuluo | o hsiu lo ohsiulo |
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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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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