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Some people like to say, “I love you,” but if you want to say “I want you,” here it is in Japanese... 欲しい
This can be read as “I want you” or as a single word, “wanted,” “wished for,” “in need of,” or “desired.”
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
星 is how “star” is written in Chinese, Japanese, and old Korean.
Thousands of years ago, when this character was first developed, there was the belief that you could see remnants of stars in everything. In fact, some early Chinese men of science suggested that all living things came from “stardust” or cosmic debris. This could explain why the upper portion of this character means “sun” (a star itself) and the lower portion means “birth” or “life.”
Oddly enough, modern-day scientists suggest that we are all made up of cosmic dust. Seems they were getting it right in China at a time when the western world thought the Earth was flat and the Church was claiming that the sun and all cosmic bodies revolved around the Earth.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your hoshi search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
星 see styles |
xīng xing1 hsing hoshi(p); hoshi(sk) ほし(P); ホシ(sk) |
More info & calligraphy: Star(1) star (usu. excluding the Sun); planet (usu. excluding Earth); heavenly body; (2) star (glyph, symbol, shape); asterisk; (3) star (actor, player, etc.); (4) dot; spot; fleck; (5) bullseye; (6) (slang) (police slang; oft. written as ホシ) perp; perpetrator; culprit; offender; suspect; (7) (See 九星) one's star (that determines one's fate); one's fortune; (8) {sumo} point; score; (9) {go} star point (intersection marked with a dot); hoshi; (10) (pyrotechnic) star; (surname) Hotsu Tara, a star; the 25th constellation consisting of stars in Hydra; a spark. |
地球 see styles |
dì qiú di4 qiu2 ti ch`iu ti chiu chikyuu / chikyu ちきゅう |
More info & calligraphy: EarthEarth; the globe; (female given name) Hoshi |
欲しい see styles |
hoshii / hoshi ほしい |
More info & calligraphy: I Want You |
糒 see styles |
bèi bei4 pei hoshii / hoshi ほしい |
food for a journey; cakes dried boiled rice used mainly as provisions of samurai troops and travelers (travellers); (place-name, surname) Hoshii |
乾し see styles |
hoshi ほし |
(n,n-pref) drying; dried |
保誌 see styles |
houshi / hoshi ほうし |
(personal name) Houshi |
奉仕 see styles |
houshi / hoshi ほうし |
(n,vs,vi) (1) service; ministry; attendance; church work; (n,vs,vi) (2) offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free |
奉伺 see styles |
houshi / hoshi ほうし |
(noun/participle) inquiring about (one's health) |
奉祀 see styles |
fèng sì feng4 si4 feng ssu houshi / hoshi ほうし |
to worship; to pay respects to (a deity, ancestor etc); (of a shrine or temple) to be dedicated to (a deity, ancestor etc) (noun, transitive verb) enshrine to offer sacrifice |
寶志 宝志 see styles |
bǎo zhì bao3 zhi4 pao chih Hōshi |
Ratnamati |
寶誌 宝志 see styles |
bǎo zhì bao3 zhi4 pao chih houshi / hoshi ほうし |
Baozhi, or Pao-chih, Chinese monk (418–514), also known as 保誌|保志 or 誌公|志公 (personal name) Houshi Baozhi |
帆士 see styles |
hoshi ほし |
(surname) Hoshi |
帆姿 see styles |
hoshi ほし |
(female given name) Hoshi |
帆志 see styles |
hoshi ほし |
(female given name) Hoshi |
帆詩 see styles |
hoshi ほし |
(female given name) Hoshi |
干し see styles |
hoshi ほし |
(n,n-pref) drying; dried |
干井 see styles |
hoshii / hoshi ほしい |
(surname) Hoshii |
放子 see styles |
houshi / hoshi ほうし |
(given name) Houshi |
放恣 see styles |
fàng zì fang4 zi4 fang tzu hōshi ほうし |
(adjectival noun) licentious; self-indulgent heedlessness |
放肆 see styles |
fàng sì fang4 si4 fang ssu houshi / hoshi ほうし |
wanton; unbridled; presumptuous; impudent (adjectival noun) licentious; self-indulgent |
放飼 see styles |
houshi / hoshi ほうし |
(noun, transitive verb) free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; releasing (insects) into the wild |
方士 see styles |
fāng shì fang1 shi4 fang shih houshi; houji / hoshi; hoji ほうし; ほうじ |
alchemist; necromancer (hist) sorcerer (in ancient China); (hermit) wizard; (given name) Tsuneto |
星一 see styles |
hoshihajime ほしはじめ |
(person) Hoshi Hajime (1873.12.25-1951.1.19) |
星井 see styles |
hoshii / hoshi ほしい |
(surname) Hoshii |
星享 see styles |
hoshitouru / hoshitoru ほしとうる |
(person) Hoshi Touru |
星勝 see styles |
hoshimasaru ほしまさる |
(person) Hoshi Masaru (1947.8.19-) |
星居 see styles |
hoshii / hoshi ほしい |
(surname) Hoshii |
星敬 see styles |
hoshitakashi ほしたかし |
(person) Hoshi Takashi |
星祭 see styles |
xīng jì xing1 ji4 hsing chi hoshi matsuri ほしまつり |
Star Festival (held in July or August); Tanabata 星供 To sacrifice, or pay homage to a star, especially one's natal star. |
星護 see styles |
hoshimamoru ほしまもる |
(person) Hoshi Mamoru |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
I Want You | 欲しい | hoshii / hoshi | ||
Star | 星 | hoshi | xīng / xing1 / xing | hsing |
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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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