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 bii
Bee Scroll

ビー is the name Bee in Japanese.

This has nothing to do with the insect bee.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

 bì
Bee Scroll

碧 is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Bee.

This has nothing to do with the insect bee. The meaning of the character is actually “fresh and green.”

Northern Praying Mantis

 táng láng quán
 tou rou ken
Northern Praying Mantis Scroll

This can be translated literally as “Praying Mantis Fist.”

螳螂拳 is sometimes called Shandong Praying Mantis after its place of origin. It was created by Wang Lang and was named after the praying mantis, an insect, the aggressiveness of which inspired the style.

Shaolin records document that Wang Lang was one of the 18 masters gathered by the Shaolin Abbot Fu Ju, which dates him and Northern Praying Mantis style to the Song Dynasty (960-1279 A.D.).

The fact that the word “Northern” is used in the English title has more to do with where this style came from (Shandong is in northern China), but “north” is absent from this Chinese title.

Note: 螳螂拳 is also a title in Japanese - however, only a Japanese person who practices or is familiar with the “Praying Mantis Fist” style would recognize it.

 jooubachi
Queen Bee Scroll

女王蜂 is the Japanese title for “Queen Bee,” as in queen of a bee hive.

 fēng wáng
Queen Bee Scroll

I added 蜂王 because a customer got confused about queens.

In Chinese, they do not use the same title of queen for bees as they do for humans. 蜂王 is the proper title for the queen bee of a hive.

 chài
 
Scorpion Scroll

蠆 is a very ancient Chinese word meaning scorpion.

This can also mean insect depending on the context. 蠆 is a very old character, so modern Chinese people might not recognize it immediately.


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition


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chài
    chai4
ch`ai
    chai

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Scorpion
(scorpion); an insect

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chì
    chi4
ch`ih
    chih
 hane
    はね
wing (of a bird or insect) (bound form)
(See 羽・はね・2) wing (of an insect); (surname) Tsubasa
A wing, fin; translit. ke.

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yún
    yun2
yün
 nori
    のり
common rue (Ruta graveolens); (used in old compounds relating to books because in former times rue was used to protect books from insect damage)
art; craft; accomplishment; artistic skill; technique; performance; (personal name) Nori

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chóng
    chong2
ch`ung
    chung
 mushi
    むし
variant of 蟲|虫[chong2]
(1) insect; bug; cricket; moth; (2) worm; roundworm; (3) (See 虫を殺す・むしをころす) one's emotions; one's feelings; (4) (See 虫気・むしけ) nervousness; fretfulness; (5) (See 本の虫・ほんのむし) person devoted to one thing; single-minded person; (6) valve core; (personal name) Mushi
Insect, reptile; any creeping thing; animal, man as of the animal kingdom.

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ruì
    rui4
jui
 buyo
    ぶよ
    buyu
    ぶゆ
    buto
    ぶと
(mosquito); Simulia lugubris; blackfly
(kana only) black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat

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zhòng
    zhong4
chung
(literary) (of a worm or insect) to nibble; to bite; worm-eaten

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    pi2
p`i
    pi
a kind of insect (old)

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qióng
    qiong2
ch`iung
    chiung
 koorogi
    こおろぎ
anxious; grasshopper; a cricket
(out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (2) (archaism) any insect that chirps in autumn

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 koorogi
    こおろぎ
(out-dated kanji) (1) (kana only) cricket (Gryllidae spp.); (2) (archaism) any insect that chirps in autumn


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tuì
    tui4
t`ui
    tui
 monuke
    もぬけ
    nukegara
    ぬけがら
skin cast off during molting; exuvia; to pupate; to molt; to slough; to cast off an old skin or shell
shed skin of snake, insect, etc. (also place left behind); cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae

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    fu4
fu
 mamushi; hami(ok); kuchibami(ok); tajihi(ok); mamushi
    まむし; はみ(ok); くちばみ(ok); たじひ(ok); マムシ
insect; poisonous snake (archaic)
(kana only) (See 鎖蛇) pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi)

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míng
    ming2
ming
boring insect; snout moth's larva (Aphomia gullaris or Plodia interpuncuella or Heliothus armigera etc), major agricultural pest

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    ma2
ma
 buto
    ぶと
    hiki
    ひき
toad
(kana only) black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat; (kana only) toad (esp. the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus)

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jiǎo
    jiao3
chiao
(insect)


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chóng
    chong2
ch`ung
    chung
 jū
lower form of animal life, including insects, insect larvae, worms and similar creatures; CL:條|条[tiao2],隻|只[zhi1]; (fig.) person with a particular undesirable characteristic
The animal kingdom including man, but generally applied to worms, snails, insects, etc.; also 蟲 6 q. v.

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    qi4
ch`i
    chi
(insect); Tryxalis masuta


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xiǎng
    xiang3
hsiang
(literary) insect larva; Taiwan pr. [xiang4]

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    li3
li
 rei
wood-boring insect
gourd


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    gu3
ku
 maji
    まじ
arch. legendary venomous insect; to poison; to bewitch; to drive to insanity; to harm by witchcraft; intestinal parasite
(1) (archaism) (See 蠱物) charmed and cursed; (2) something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons
spell

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    du4
tu
insect that eats into books, clothing etc; moth-eaten; worm-eaten


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    xu1
hsü
 hige
    ひげ
beard; mustache; feeler (of an insect etc); tassel
(1) (kana only) moustache; beard; whiskers; (2) extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal
beard

七節

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 nanafushi
    ななふし
(kana only) walking stick (any insect of order Phasmatodea); walkingstick; stick insect; leaf insect

促織


促织

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cù zhī
    cu4 zhi1
ts`u chih
    tsu chih
cricket (insect)

候蟲


候虫

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hòu chóng
    hou4 chong2
hou ch`ung
    hou chung
seasonal insect (e.g. cicada)

初鳴

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 hatsunaki
    はつなき
(irregular okurigana usage) first song or chirp, etc. (in the year) of a particular bird or insect species

前翅

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qián chì
    qian2 chi4
ch`ien ch`ih
    chien chih
 zenshi
    ぜんし
front wing (of insect)
fore-wing (of insect)

口器

see styles
kǒu qì
    kou3 qi4
k`ou ch`i
    kou chi
 kouki / koki
    こうき
mouthparts (of animal or insect)
trophi (mouthparts of an insect, etc.)

叮咬

see styles
dīng yǎo
    ding1 yao3
ting yao
sting; bite (of insect)

合攏


合拢

see styles
hé lǒng
    he2 long3
ho lung
to close (flower, eyes, suitcase etc); to bring together; (insect or bird when not flying) to fold (its wings)

吊虻

see styles
 tsuriabu
    つりあぶ
(kana only) bee fly (any insect of family Bombyliidae)

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Beeビーbii / bi
Beebì / bi4 / bipi
Northern Praying Mantis螳螂拳tou rou ken
tourouken
to ro ken
táng láng quán
tang2 lang2 quan2
tang lang quan
tanglangquan
t`ang lang ch`üan
tanglangchüan
tang lang chüan
Queen Bee女王蜂jooubachi / jobachi
Queen Bee蜂王fēng wáng
feng1 wang2
feng wang
fengwang
Scorpion
chài / chai4 / chaich`ai / chai
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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