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好奇 means curiosity or inquisitive in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
It is a rather positive word in all three languages - though not as commonly used in Japanese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 好奇 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
好奇 see styles |
hào qí hao4 qi2 hao ch`i hao chi kouki / koki こうき |
More info & calligraphy: Curious / Inquisitiveinquisitiveness; (surname) Kōki |
好奇心 see styles |
hào qí xīn hao4 qi2 xin1 hao ch`i hsin hao chi hsin koukishin / kokishin こうきしん |
interest in something; curiosity; inquisitive curiosity; inquisitiveness |
好奇尚異 好奇尚异 see styles |
hào qí shàng yì hao4 qi2 shang4 yi4 hao ch`i shang i hao chi shang i |
to have a taste for the exotic (idiom) |
有好奇心 see styles |
yǒu hào qí xīn you3 hao4 qi2 xin1 yu hao ch`i hsin yu hao chi hsin |
curious |
好奇心旺盛 see styles |
koukishinousei / kokishinose こうきしんおうせい |
(noun or adjectival noun) brimming with curiosity |
知的好奇心 see styles |
chitekikoukishin / chitekikokishin ちてきこうきしん |
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness |
好奇心猫を殺す see styles |
koukishinnekookorosu / kokishinnekookorosu こうきしんねこをころす |
(exp,v5s) (proverb) curiosity killed the cat |
好奇心は猫をも殺す see styles |
koukishinhanekoomokorosu / kokishinhanekoomokorosu こうきしんはねこをもころす |
(exp,v5s) (proverb) (See 好奇心猫を殺す) curiosity killed the cat |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Curious Inquisitive | 好奇 | kouki / koki | hào qí / hao4 qi2 / hao qi / haoqi | hao ch`i / haochi / hao chi |
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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.