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In Japanese, 薇 is usually romanized as zenmai and refers to the royal fern (Osmunda Japonica).
In Chinese, this may refer to a different species of fern, Osmunda Regalis.
Other translations include: flowering fern; osmund; fiddlehead fern.
In Japan, this can also be romanized as Uei and used as a personal name.
Please note that 薇 is not the only character(s) in Japanese that can be romanized as zenmai. Be sure you have the right word or name before you order.
These search terms might be related to Fern:
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Fern search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
シダ see styles |
jita ジタ |
(kana only) fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery; (personal name) Sita |
薇 see styles |
wēi wei1 wei uei / ue うえい |
More info & calligraphy: Zenmai / Royal Fern(personal name) Uei |
藄 see styles |
qí qi2 ch`i chi |
(fern) |
蘋 𬞟 see styles |
pín pin2 p`in pin |
clover fern (Marsilea quadrifolia) |
丸八 see styles |
maruhachi まるはち |
(kana only) Cyathea mertensiana (species of tree fern); (surname) Maruhachi |
厚板 see styles |
atsuita あついた |
(1) thick board; plank; (2) steel plate (with a thickness of at least 3 mm); (3) heavy brocade cloth; (4) Elaphoglossum yoshinagae (species of fern) |
山草 see styles |
yamakusa; yamagusa; sansou / yamakusa; yamagusa; sanso やまくさ; やまぐさ; さんそう |
(1) mountain grass; mountain weed; mountain plant; (2) (やまくさ, やまぐさ only) (See 裏白・1) Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves) |
山蘇 山苏 see styles |
shān sū shan1 su1 shan su |
bird's nest fern (Asplenium nidus) |
忍摺 see styles |
shinobuzuri しのぶずり |
(archaism) clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern |
桫欏 桫椤 see styles |
suō luó suo1 luo2 so lo |
spinulose tree fern; Cyathea spinulosa (botany) |
歯朶 see styles |
shida しだ |
(kana only) fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery; (surname) Shida |
水蕨 see styles |
mizuwarabi; mizuwarabi みずわらび; ミズワラビ |
(kana only) water sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides); Indian fern; water fern; Oriental waterfern; water hornfern |
熊蕨 see styles |
kumawarabi; kumawarabi くまわらび; クマワラビ |
(kana only) Dryopteris lacera (species of wood fern) |
犬蕨 see styles |
inuwarabi; inuwarabi いぬわらび; イヌワラビ |
(kana only) Japanese painted fern (Athyrium niponicum); pictum |
立忍 see styles |
tachishinobu たちしのぶ |
(kana only) Japanese claw fern (Onychium japonicum); carrot fern |
立荵 see styles |
tachishinobu たちしのぶ |
(kana only) Japanese claw fern (Onychium japonicum); carrot fern |
羊歯 see styles |
youshi / yoshi ようし |
(kana only) fern (esp. species Gleichenia japonica); fernery; (given name) Yōshi |
蕨菜 see styles |
jué cài jue2 cai4 chüeh ts`ai chüeh tsai |
fiddlehead; edible fern fronds |
蕨類 蕨类 see styles |
jué lèi jue2 lei4 chüeh lei |
(botany) fern; bracken; brake |
蟹草 see styles |
kanikusa; kanikusa かにくさ; カニクサ |
(kana only) Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) |
裏白 see styles |
urajiro; urajiro うらじろ; ウラジロ |
(1) (kana only) Gleichenia japonica (species of fern with white-backed leaves); (2) (orig. meaning) white underside; white bottom; white inner |
豆蔦 see styles |
mamezuta; mamezuta まめづた; マメヅタ |
(kana only) green penny fern (Lemmaphyllum microphyllum) |
軒忍 see styles |
nokishinobu のきしのぶ |
(kana only) weeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus) |
軒荵 see styles |
nokishinobu のきしのぶ |
(kana only) weeping fern (Lepisorus thunbergianus) |
雁足 see styles |
gansoku がんそく |
(See 草蘇鉄) ostrich fern; Onoclea orientalis |
オシダ see styles |
oshida オシダ |
(kana only) thick-stemmed wood fern (Dryopteris crassirhizoma) |
コシダ see styles |
koshida コシダ |
(kana only) Old World forked fern (Dicranopteris linearis) |
ホシダ see styles |
hoshida ホシダ |
(kana only) Thelypteris acuminata (species of fern) |
信夫摺 see styles |
shinobuzuri しのぶずり |
(archaism) clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern |
団扇苔 see styles |
uchiwagoke; uchiwagoke うちわごけ; ウチワゴケ |
(kana only) tiny bristle fern (Crepidomanes minutum) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Fern | 弗恩 | fú ēn / fu2 en1 / fu en / fuen | ||
Fern | ファーン | faan / fan | ||
Zenmai Royal Fern | 薇 | zenmai | wēi / wei1 / wei | |
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. |
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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.
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