Buy an 整 calligraphy wall scroll here!
Personalize your custom “整” project by clicking the button next to your favorite “整” title below...
整 is a single Chinese character that can mean: in good order, whole, complete, entire, in order, orderly, to repair, to mend, to renovate, and/or to fix something or somebody.
This was added for a customer who wanted a single character that meant orderly. It's kind of unusual for a wall scroll.
My Korean Hanja dictionary defines it as orderly, neat, tidy, and/or whole.
Note: In Japanese, this Kanji is usually understood as a male given name Hitoshi (other Kanji can also be Hitoshi). It is used in combination with other Kanji or Hiragana to create words about orderliness. Unless your name is Hitoshi, this single character is best if your audience is Chinese.
整然 is orderly, systematic, well-organized, trim, neat, tidy, and accurate in Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja.
This would be understood but is not used in Chinese languages.
Special Military Term
When reading an account of some battles in China, I came across the Chinese word, 嚴整. As it turns out, 嚴整 is only used in military circles to describe neat, orderly, and well-disciplined troops. Perhaps this is actually closer to the meaning I was taught while in the U.S. Marines.
The first character literally means stern, serious, strict, or severe (it can also mean airtight or watertight.
The second character means exact, in good order, whole, complete, and orderly.
Together, these two characters multiply each other into a word that expresses the highest military level of discipline.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 整 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
整 see styles |
zhěng zheng3 cheng hitoshi ひとし |
More info & calligraphy: In Good Order(male given name) Hitoshi |
嚴整 严整 see styles |
yán zhěng yan2 zheng3 yen cheng gonsei |
More info & calligraphy: Well-Disciplined / Orderlyto make neat and tidy |
整然 see styles |
seizen / sezen せいぜん |
More info & calligraphy: In Good Order / Organized |
一整 see styles |
kazunari かずなり |
(given name) Kazunari |
不整 see styles |
fusei / fuse ふせい |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) irregularity; unevenness; asymmetry; lack of uniformity |
亮整 see styles |
akimasa あきまさ |
(personal name) Akimasa |
休整 see styles |
xiū zhěng xiu1 zheng3 hsiu cheng |
to rest and reorganize (military) |
修整 see styles |
xiū zhěng xiu1 zheng3 hsiu cheng shuusei / shuse しゅうせい |
to spruce up; to renovate; to tend (a garden); to groom (one's hair); to finish (a rough surface); to trim (a lawn); to touch up (a photo) (noun, transitive verb) adjustment; retouching (in photography) |
勻整 匀整 see styles |
yún zhěng yun2 zheng3 yün cheng |
neat and well-spaced |
和整 see styles |
kazuyoshi かずよし |
(personal name) Kazuyoshi |
均整 see styles |
kinsei / kinse きんせい |
symmetry; balance; proportion; uniformity |
太整 see styles |
taisei / taise たいせい |
(male given name) Taisei |
完整 see styles |
wán zhěng wan2 zheng3 wan cheng |
complete; intact |
工整 see styles |
gōng zhěng gong1 zheng3 kung cheng |
fine work; carefully and neatly done |
平整 see styles |
píng zhěng ping2 zheng3 p`ing cheng ping cheng |
smooth; level; to level off; to flatten (remove bumps) |
彙整 汇整 see styles |
huì zhěng hui4 zheng3 hui cheng |
to collect and organize (papers etc); to archive (data); to summarize (evidence etc); summary |
彰整 see styles |
akimasa あきまさ |
(personal name) Akimasa |
微整 see styles |
wēi zhěng wei1 zheng3 wei cheng |
abbr. for 微整形[wei1 zheng3 xing2] |
惡整 恶整 see styles |
è zhěng e4 zheng3 o cheng |
to prank |
挨整 see styles |
ái zhěng ai2 zheng3 ai cheng |
to be the target of an attack |
整う see styles |
totonou / totono ととのう |
(v5u,vi) (1) to be ready; to be prepared; to be arranged; (2) to be in order; to be put in order; to be well-ordered; to be well-proportioned; to be harmonious; (3) to be adjusted; to be regulated; to be refined (e.g. of a face); (4) to be settled (e.g. treaty, contract); to be completed |
整え see styles |
totonoe ととのえ |
preparation; arrangement; execution |
整一 see styles |
seiichi / sechi せいいち |
(given name) Seiichi |
整三 see styles |
seizou / sezo せいぞう |
(given name) Seizou |
整並 整并 see styles |
zhěng bìng zheng3 bing4 cheng ping |
to merge; to consolidate; consolidation |
整二 see styles |
seiji / seji せいじ |
(personal name) Seiji |
整亜 see styles |
seia / sea せいあ |
(personal name) Seia |
整人 see styles |
yoshito よしと |
(given name) Yoshito |
整体 see styles |
seitai / setai せいたい |
seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic |
整併 整并 see styles |
zhěng bìng zheng3 bing4 cheng ping |
to merge; to consolidate; consolidation |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
In Good Order | 整 | hitoshi / hitoshi | zhěng / zheng3 / zheng | cheng |
In Good Order Organized | 整然 | seizen | ||
Well-Disciplined Orderly | 嚴整 严整 | yán zhěng yan2 zheng3 yan zheng yanzheng | yen cheng yencheng |
|
My life is complete because of you | 我的生命因為有你就完整 我的生命因为有你就完整 | wǒ de shēng mìng yīn wèi yǒu nǐ jiù wán zhěng wo3 de sheng1 ming4 yin1 wei4 you3 ni3 jiu4 wan2 zheng3 wo de sheng ming yin wei you ni jiu wan zheng | wo te sheng ming yin wei yu ni chiu wan cheng | |
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. |
Successful Chinese Character and Japanese Kanji calligraphy searches within the last few hours...
All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
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.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.