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吸血鬼 is how to say “vampire” in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
Quite literally, this means “Suck Blood Ghost” or, more naturally, in English, “Ghost Who Sucks Blood.” This title is also used for leeches and blood-sucking vermin.
Just like the word “vampire” in English, this title is used in Asian languages colloquially to refer to “cruel exploiters,” and especially in China, it can be used to refer to “capitalists exploiting the workers.”
Alone on a wall scroll, this will be understood with just the “vampire” or “bloodsucker” meaning.
蝠 is the simplest way to write bat in Chinese and old Korean Hanja.
This also means bat in Japanese but is almost never written alone like this (it's often part of other titles for vampire bats or fruit bats).
In Chinese culture, the bat is a good luck charm, as the pronunciation is very similar to the word for “good luck” or “good fortune.” The character for bat (蝠) even looks like the good luck (福) character.
These search terms might be related to Vampire:
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your vampire search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
アルフ see styles |
arupu アルプ |
More info & calligraphy: Alf |
吸血鬼 see styles |
xī xuè guǐ xi1 xue4 gui3 hsi hsüeh kuei kyuuketsuki / kyuketsuki きゅうけつき |
More info & calligraphy: Vampirevampire; bloodsucker |
僵屍 see styles |
kyonshii / kyonshi キョンシー |
(kana only) Chinese "hopping vampire"; jiang shi; jiangshi; chiang-shih; reanimated corpse |
殭屍 僵尸 see styles |
jiāng shī jiang1 shi1 chiang shih |
gyonshi; jiang shi; Chinese vampire; zombie |
真祖 see styles |
shinso しんそ |
(in fiction) person changed into a vampire by magic |
吸血姫 see styles |
kyuuketsuki / kyuketsuki きゅうけつき |
(slang) (See 吸血鬼) female vampire; vampiress |
吸血烏賊 吸血乌贼 see styles |
xī xuè wū zéi xi1 xue4 wu1 zei2 hsi hsüeh wu tsei |
vampire squid (Vampyroteuthis infernalis) |
吸血蝙蝠 see styles |
kyuuketsukoumori / kyuketsukomori きゅうけつこうもり |
vampire bat |
血吸蝙蝠 see styles |
chisuikoumori / chisuikomori ちすいこうもり |
(kana only) vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.) |
ヴァンプ2 see styles |
anputsuu / anputsu ヴァンプツー |
(work) Vampire At Midnight (film); (wk) Vampire At Midnight (film) |
バンパイア see styles |
banpaia バンパイア |
vampire |
Variations: |
kyonshii / kyonshi キョンシー |
(kana only) jiangshi (chi: goeng-si); Chinese hopping vampire; reanimated corpse in Chinese legends and folklore |
血吸い蝙蝠 see styles |
chisuikoumori / chisuikomori ちすいこうもり |
(kana only) vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.) |
ヴァンパイア see styles |
anpaia ヴァンパイア |
vampire |
吸血こうもり see styles |
kyuuketsukoumori / kyuketsukomori きゅうけつこうもり |
vampire bat |
チスイコウモリ see styles |
chisuikoumori / chisuikomori チスイコウモリ |
(kana only) vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.) |
ペーシュカショーロ see styles |
peeshukashooro ペーシュカショーロ |
payara (Hydrolycus scomberoides); dog tooth characin; vampire fish |
ペーシュ・カショーロ see styles |
peeshu kashooro ペーシュ・カショーロ |
payara (Hydrolycus scomberoides); dog tooth characin; vampire fish |
Variations: |
chisuikoumori; chisuikoumori / chisuikomori; chisuikomori ちすいこうもり; チスイコウモリ |
(kana only) vampire bat (Desmodontinae spp.) |
Variations: |
kyuuketsukoumori / kyuketsukomori きゅうけつこうもり |
vampire bat |
シャドウオブヴァンパイア see styles |
shadouobuanpaia / shadoobuanpaia シャドウオブヴァンパイア |
(work) Shadow of the Vampire (film); (wk) Shadow of the Vampire (film) |
インタビューウィズヴァンパイア see styles |
intabyuuizuanpaia / intabyuizuanpaia インタビューウィズヴァンパイア |
(work) Interview with the Vampire (film); (wk) Interview with the Vampire (film) |
Variations: |
anpaia(p); banpaia ヴァンパイア(P); バンパイア |
(See 吸血鬼) vampire |
Variations: |
peeshukashooro; peeshu kashooro ペーシュカショーロ; ペーシュ・カショーロ |
payara (Hydrolycus scomberoides); dog tooth characin; vampire fish |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Vampire | 吸血鬼 | kyuu ketsu ki kyuuketsuki kyu ketsu ki | xī xuě guǐ xi1 xue3 gui3 xi xue gui xixuegui | hsi hsüeh kuei hsihsüehkuei |
Bat | 蝠 | fú / fu2 / fu |
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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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