Panda in Chinese / Japanese...

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.

パンダ is how to write “panda” in Japanese.

It's a phonetic title, written in Katakana that sounds almost exactly like the English word Panda.

Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

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.”

紅熊貓 is the Chinese title for the red panda or firefox.

Some also call this the lesser Panda.

This is the title Kung Fu Panda in Chinese.

熊 is the way to write “bear” (as in the animal) in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.

If you are a bear fanatic, this is the wall scroll for you.

熊 is not specific to species, such as panda bears, polar bears, brown bears, etc.

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

This title refers to the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) or red fox (Vulpes vulpes) in Chinese.

In Japanese, this is the name often used for the Firefox web browser.