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Asian Characters

Welcome to the Character Gallery of Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy.

These characters are written with traditional Asian calligraphy tools of ground inks and animal hair brushes on mulberry rice paper. The words have been selected because they will translate from English into both Chinese and Japanese use. This gallery should be used as a resource for both style and definition as these characters are designed to be partnered with other original art found in the Licensing Gallery. They many also be purchased individually and special request orders are available upon request. The characters are identified and labeled by their script style. All Chinese characters developed from early drawings, known as Seal script. Like Egyptian hieroglyphs these pictures represented what the word meant, as with three vertical wavy lines for water. Seal script developed into the masculine looking, structured script used for recording history and writing documents, hence being called Lishu, meaning Official script. The Regular script of today has been modified and is the one used in print, called Regular script, or Kaishu. The two freely written cursive forms may appear random and spontaneous, but are actually very structured, and often difficult to read are called Running script, Xinhshu, and Grass script known as Caoshu.

For additional characters in any of the shown scripts please email info@designsinkart.com or call 661-821-2188 for details.

Reputation
Opportunity
Loyalty
Honor
Lishu Reputation
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Lishu Opportunity
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Lishu Loyalty
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Lishu Honor
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LishuDignity
LishuDestiny
LishuCourage
Lishu Dignity
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Lishu Destiny
10"x10"
Lishu Courage
10"x10"
XingshuHarmony
XingshuHappiness
XingshuTao2
XingshuTranquility
Xingshu Harmony
10"x10"
Xingshu Happiness
10"x10"
Xingshu Tao
10"x10"
Xingshu Tranquility
10"x10"
XingshuModesty
XingshuPraise
XingshuGoodFortune
XingshuUnderstanding
Xingshu Modesty
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Xingshu Praise
10"x10"
Xingshu Good Fortune
10"x10"
Xingshu Understanding
10"x10"
XingshuClarity
XingshuFaithIn
XingshuHope
XingshuPropriety
Xingshu Clarity
10"x10"
Xingshu Faith-In
10"x10"
Xingshu Hope
10"x10"
Xingshu Propriety
10"x10"
XingshuDestiny
XingshuDignity
Xingshu Destiny
10"x10"
Xingshu Dignity
10"x10"
KaishuHope
KaishuHappiness2
KaishuPraise
KaishuChange
Kaishu Hope
10"x10"
Kaishu Happiness
10"x10"
Kaishu Praise
10"x10"
Kaishu Change
10"x10"
KaishuReflection
KaishuEnlightenment
KaishuTranquility
KaishuClarity
Kaishu Reflection
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Kaishu Enlightenment
10"x10"
Kaishu Tranquility
10"x10"
Kaishu Clarity
10"x10"
KaishuFaithIn
KaishuHarmony
KaishuCourage
KaishuHappiness
Kaishu Faith-In
10"x10"
Kaishu Harmony
10"x10"
Kaishu Courage
10"x10"
Kaishu Happiness
10"x10"
KaishuTao
KaishuChi
KaishuYin
KaishuYang
Kaishu Tao
10"x10"
Kaishu Chi
10"x10"
Kaishu Yin
10"x10"
Kaishu Yang
10"x10"
XingshuTao
KaishuChi2
KaishuYin2
KaishuYang2
Xingshu Tao
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Kaishu Chi II
10"x10"
Kaishu Yin II
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Kaishu Yang II
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