Note: It's difficult to express just the idea of "sisters" in Chinese and Japanese. This is because the words for "sister" actually mean "older sister" and "younger sister", but there is no generic "sisters". Even if your sister is 1 minute older than you, she is your older sister (and vice versa). Seniority (and respect of elders) is very important in Asian cultures and thus permeates the relationships of brothers and sisters as well.
1. Sisters
5. Sisterhood / Sisters Relationship
6. Soul Sisters
7. Brothers
9. Brotherly and Sisterly Love
10. Dark Sister
11. Impartial and Fair to the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the World
12. Sisterhood
13. Sisterhood / Sisterly Love
15. Sisterhood / Association of Women
16. Younger Sister
姉妹 is a Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for sisters.
Please note: It's kind of an uncommon title for a wall scroll.
The love between sisters
兄弟 is a Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for brothers.
Some notes: It's kind of an uncommon title for a wall scroll.
In Chinese, this is usually understood as brothers. In Japanese, it can extend to mean “brothers and sisters” or siblings.
手足情 is the love between siblings.
When you love, protect, care for, and have a deep bond that only brothers or sisters can.
The actual translation is “Hand and Foot,” but the relationship between brothers or sisters is like that of hands and feet. They belong together and complete the body. Even though this says “hand and foot,” it will always be read with the brotherly and sisterly love meaning in Chinese.
Note: During the past 20 years, the “One child policy” in China is slowly making this term obsolete.
黑闇女 is a Buddhist title that means “dark sister,” “dark one,” or “dark woman.”
There are two sisters:
One is the deva, 功德女 (“merit” or “achieving”), who causes people to acquire wealth.
The other is the “dark one,” 黑闇女, which causes people to spend and waste.
These sisters always accompany each other.
一視同仁 is how to write “universal benevolence.” This is also how to express the idea that you see all people the same.
If you are kind and charitable to everyone, this is the best way to state that virtue. It is the essence of being impartial to all mankind, regardless of social standing, background, race, sex, etc. You do not judge others, but instead, you see them eye to eye on the same level as you.
See Also: Benevolence | Compassion | Equality | Justice | Right Decision | Selflessness | Work Unselfishly for the Common
婦女會 is an expression that means “sisterhood” as in a women's association, club, or group.
The first two characters mean “women.”
The last character means to assemble, to meet, to gather, to see, union, group, or association.
妹 is the single character title for a younger sister.
In colloquial Japanese speech, this can be a way to say, darling, dear, honey, or my betrothed (only used when referring to a woman).
In Japanese, this can be the female given name Mai.
In Chinese, you will generally see this used in double form, “妹妹” or “mei mei” when referring to a younger sister.
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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
| Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
| Sisters | 姉妹 | shi mai / shimai | zǐ mèi / zi3 mei4 / zi mei / zimei | tzu mei / tzumei |
| Brothers and Sisters | 御兄弟 | go kyou dai gokyoudai go kyo dai | ||
| Forever Sisters | 永遠的姐妹 永远的姐妹 | yǒng yuàn de jiě mèi yong3 yuan4 de jie3 mei4 yong yuan de jie mei yongyuandejiemei | yung yüan te chieh mei yungyüantechiehmei |
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| Sisters at Heart | 心の姉妹 | kokoro no shi mai kokoronoshimai | ||
| Sisterhood Sisters Relationship | 姐妹關繫 姐妹关系 | jiě mèi guān xì jie3 mei4 guan1 xi4 jie mei guan xi jiemeiguanxi | chieh mei kuan hsi chiehmeikuanhsi |
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| Soul Sisters | 姊妹花 | jiě mèi huā jie3 mei4 hua1 jie mei hua jiemeihua | chieh mei hua chiehmeihua |
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| Brothers | 兄弟 | kyou dai / kyoudai / kyo dai | xiōng dì / xiong1 di4 / xiong di / xiongdi | hsiung ti / hsiungti |
| Brother and Sister | 兄姉 | keishi / kyoudai keishi / kyodai | ||
| Brotherly and Sisterly Love | 手足情 | shǒu zú qíng shou3 zu2 qing2 shou zu qing shouzuqing | shou tsu ch`ing shoutsuching shou tsu ching |
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| Dark Sister | 黑闇女 | koku an nyo kokuannyo | hēi àn nǚ hei1 an4 nv3 hei an nv heiannv | hei an nü heiannü |
| Impartial and Fair to the Brotherhood and Sisterhood of the World | 一視同仁 一视同仁 | isshidoujin ishidojin | yí shì tóng rén yi2 shi4 tong2 ren2 yi shi tong ren yishitongren | i shih t`ung jen ishihtungjen i shih tung jen |
| Sisterhood | 姐妹情 | jiě mèi qíng jie3 mei4 qing2 jie mei qing jiemeiqing | chieh mei ch`ing chiehmeiching chieh mei ching |
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| Sisterhood Sisterly Love | 姉妹愛 | shi mai ai / shimaiai | ||
| Woman’s Association | 婦人會 婦人会 | fujinkai | ||
| Sisterhood Association of Women | 婦女會 妇女会 | fu jo kai / fujokai | fù nǚ huì fu4 nv3 hui4 fu nv hui funvhui | fu nü hui funühui |
| Younger Sister | 妹 | mai / imouto mai / imoto | mèi / mei4 / mei | |
| 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. | ||||
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.