Chinese and Japanese Calligraphy Dictionary, Proverb and Symbol Search

You can search for any term but single words seem to work best. We've just upgraded our search scheme so that you can search for pinyin (with or without tone numbers) and Japanese Romaji - although you are probably more likely to find what you are looking for by searching in English.

If you know how, you can also type in Chinese characters and search for a Chinese phrase directly.

There are over 3000 different entries of popular Chinese and Japanese words, phrases, and English "first names" on our database. More are added each week as we become aware of common western names that we missed, and words that are often searched for, but with no results.

Because most of you do not have your computers set up to read and display Chinese and Japanese characters, we have made over 360,000 individual images of Chiense characters, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Hanja to show you all of these phrases, words, and names in various styles (fonts).

With all of the combinations of possible phrases and names with various calligraphy styles, silk colors, paper colors, mounting options, and size options, there are over 200 MILLION different custom Asian character wall scrolls that you can order from our website.

If you don't find what you are looking for, just post your request on our forum - it will be added to the database just for you!

Please note that we have avoided some popular western / English phrases and words that do not translate well, and have excluded most Chinese and Japanese phrases that can have bad meanings from our database.