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Best / Number One

Japanese: ichi ban

一
番

This is often used to mean "best" or "the best" in Japanese. It actually means "number one" in Japanese.

Score: 100/100

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Best

Mandarin: zhì
Japanese: shi
Korean:

至

It's a little strange, but this would be the character which means "best" or "extreme" in Chinese and Korean. The problem is, this is seldom used alone. It's mostly used in combination with other characters to make words like "best friend", "best food", and "best love".

We do not recommend this character for a wall scroll. It's better if you find a more specific term that fits your circumstances.

Note: This can be pronounced in Japanese, and has similar meaning, but it is rarely if ever used in modern Japanese.

Score: 100/100

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Most Sincere Friend / Honest Friend
Real Friend / Best Friend

Mandarin: zhì yǒu

摯
友

This one way to say best friend in Chinese.

The first character can mean "honest" or "most sincere". The second character means "friend" or "friends" (plural forms work differently in Chinese).

See Also...  Friendship | Soulmates

Score: 100/100

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Best Friends / Closest Friend

Mandarin: zhì yǒu

至
友

This one way to say best friend in Chinese.

The first character can mean "most", "extreme" or "best".
The second character means "friend" or "friends" (plural forms work differently in China).

Can also be translated as "close friend" or "most intimate friend".

See Also...  Friendship | Soulmates

Score: 100/100

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Best Friends

Mandarin: zhì jiāo

至
交

This an alternate way to say best friend in Chinese.

The first character can mean "most", "extreme" or "best". The second character means "making friends" or "building friendship". There's sort of a suggestion with the second character that fate caused you to intersect in life and become friends (that character can mean intersection in some context).

This can also mean "most intimate friend", "very good friend of long standing", or "closest friend".

See Also...  Friendship | Soulmates

Score: 100/100

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Best Friends (Japanese Only)

Japanese: shin yuu
Korean: 친우

親
友

This is the Japanese way to say "best friend".

The first character can mean "relative" or sometimes "parents". The second character means "friend". Think about the close relationship that Japanese people have with their parents and relatives, and this starts to mean "close friends".

Some Japanese-English dictionaries also translate this as "bosom friend", "old friend", "intimate friend", "buddy", "crony" or "chum".

Note that in Chinese, this has the meaning of "relatives and friends" so only select this if Japanese is your target audience.

Score: 100/100

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Best Love / Most Sincere Love

Mandarin: zhì ài

至
愛

This can mean the best love or most sincere love of your life. This could be a romantic love such as the love you have for your spouse or a boyfriend / girlfriend. It can also apply to the extreme love you have for your children or a parent, and maybe a really good friend.

See Also...  I Love You

Score: 100/100

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Brevity: Fewer Words are Best

Mandarin: shǎo shuō wéi jiā

少
說
為
佳

Get to the point quickly with the fewest words possible is the suggestion of this Chinese proverb. But taking it deeper, there is a warning that using too many words may act to "tip your hat" or "show your hand" (to use two American idioms).

It can also be said that using many words does not make the message have more value.

This phrase is really about the art of brevity.

Now my only hope is that I did not use too many words to explain this phrase.

Score: 100/100

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Friend / Friendship

Single Character

Mandarin: yǒu
Japanese: tomo
Korean:

友

This is the simplest way to express the idea of friends or friendship in Chinese. It can mean friend, companion, or pal in Japanese. In Korean, it can mean friend, companion, or associate.

This single characters is open to interpretation, so it can mean different things to different people (not necessarily a bad thing, as you can decide what it means to you). If you want a more concisely-defined word, you should probably pick one of our multi-character friendship-related words.

See Also...  Friendly | Friendship

Score: 35/100

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Friend (Japanese)

Japanese: tomo dachi

友
達

This is the most common way to say "friend" in Japanese.

See Also...  Friendly | Friendship

Score: 35/100

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Wall scroll artwork shown on this page is priced as follows:

1 character $29.88 each

2-3 characters $39.88 each

4 characters $49.88 each


We dispatch any size order to any country worldwide for a flat rate US$9.80 P&P

After you select your calligraphy, our website will take you through the process of customizing your artwork.

Options for other mounting such as portraits are available for $13 less.

We also offer the services of a famous master calligrapher for a $40 fee on any scroll if you are looking for investment-quality calligraphy.

If you chose our famous master-calligrapher, you also get more choices for silk and paper colors and the option for larger artwork.



All of our calligraphy is completely done by hand in the ancient way.

When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to our 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.

Therefore, allow at least 3 weeks for delivery from the time you place your order.

When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

The scroll that I am holding in this picture is a "regular size"
4-character wall scroll.
As you can see, it is a great size to hang on your wall.
(We also offer custom wall scrolls in larger sizes)

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.


A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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.




Successful Chinese and Japanese calligraphy searches within the last few hours...

If your search is not successful, just post your request on our forum, and we'll be happy to do research or translation for any reasonable request.

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With so many searches, we had to upgrade to our own Linux server.
Of course, only one in 500 searches results in a purchase - Hey buy a wall scroll!!!


See: Our list of specifically Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls. And, check out Our list of specifically old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.



The following table is only helpful for those studying Chinese (or Japanese), and perhaps helps search engines to find this page when someone enters Romanized Chinese or Japanese

Title
 
Characters
Simplified
Traditional
Japanese Romaji
(Romanized Japanese)
Various forms of Hanyu-Pinyin
(Romanized Chinese)
Best / Number One一番
一番
ichi ban
ichiban
Best
shizhì
zhi
zhi4
zhi
Most Sincere Friend / Honest Friend / Real Friend / Best Friend挚友
摯友
n/azhì yǒu
zhi you
zhi4 you3
zhiyou
Best Friends / Closest Friend至友
至友
n/azhì yǒu
zhi you
zhi4 you3
zhiyou
Best Friends至交
至交
n/azhì jiāo
zhi jiao
zhi4 jiao1
zhijiao
Best Friends (Japanese Only)亲友
親友
shin yuu
shinyuu
shin yu
n/a
Best Love / Most Sincere Love至爱
至愛
n/azhì ài
zhi ai
zhi4 ai4
zhiai
Brevity: Fewer Words are Best少说为佳
少說為佳
n/ashǎo shuō wéi jiā
shao shuo wei jia
shao3 shuo1 wei2 jia1
shaoshuoweijia
Friend / Friendship
tomoyǒu
you
you3
you
Friend (Japanese)友达
友達
tomo dachi
tomodachi
n/a
If you have not set up your computer to display Chinese, the characters in this table probably look like empty boxes or random text garbage.
This is why we spent hundreds of hours making images so that you could view the characters in the "best" listings above.
If you want your Windows computer to be able to display Chinese characters you can either head to your Regional and Language options in your Win XP control panel, select the [Languages] tab and click on [Install files for East Asian Languages]. This task will ask for your Win XP CD to complete in most cases. If you don't have your Windows XP CD, or are running Windows 98, you can also download/run the simplified Chinese font package installer from Microsoft which works independently with Win 98, ME, 2000, and XP. It's a 2.5MB download, so if you are on dial up, start the download and go make a sandwich.



Some people may refer to this entry as Best Kanji, Best Characters, Best in Chinese Writing, Best in Japanese Writing, Best in Asian Writing, Best Ideograms, Chinese Best symbols, Best Hieroglyphics, Best Glyphs, Best in Chinese Letters, Best Hanzi, Best in Japanese Kanji, Best Pictograms, Best in the Chinese Written-Language, or Best in the Japanese Written-Language.

All custom calligraphy items are made-to-order in our little Beijing artwork-mounting workshop.
Normal delivery isjust over 3 weeksfor these handmade items.


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