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菖蒲 is the title for the iris flower in Japanese.
If your name happens to be Iris, this is a nice way to express your name by meaning in Japanese (it will mean your name but not sound like your name).
Can also mean Siberian iris (Iris sanguinea) or sweet flag (Acorus calamus / Acorus gramineus) varieties.
Note: This will also be recognized in Chinese, though it is generally written with the addition of a character meaning "stone" in front of this title in Chinese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your shobu search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
菖蒲 see styles |
chāng pú chang1 pu2 ch`ang p`u chang pu shoubu; soubu(ok); shoubu / shobu; sobu(ok); shobu しょうぶ; そうぶ(ok); ショウブ |
More info & calligraphy: Iris Flower(1) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; (2) (colloquialism) (See 花菖蒲) Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata); (p,s,m,f) Shoubu |
倡婦 倡妇 see styles |
chāng fù chang1 fu4 ch`ang fu chang fu shōbu しょうふ |
prostitute; harlot [female] singers |
勝負 胜负 see styles |
shèng fù sheng4 fu4 sheng fu shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
victory or defeat; the outcome of a battle (1) victory or defeat; (n,vs,vi) (2) match; contest; game; bout; (place-name) Shoubu winning and losing |
勝風 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(place-name) Shoubu |
塩生 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(place-name) Shoubu |
小部 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(ant: 大部) (of a book, etc.) short; (surname) Sabe |
尚武 see styles |
shàng wǔ shang4 wu3 shang wu shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
to promote a martial spirit; to revere military skills; warlike militarism; warlike spirit; (given name) Hisatake |
庄府 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(place-name) Shoubu |
庄武 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(surname, given name) Shoubu |
所奉 see styles |
suǒ fèng suo3 feng4 so feng shobu |
receiver of alms |
捎拂 see styles |
shāo fú shao1 fu2 shao fu shōbu |
to beat (on a drum-like musical instrument) |
昭府 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(place-name) Shoubu |
正部 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(place-name, surname) Shoubu |
菖歩 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(female given name) Shoubu |
菖舞 see styles |
shoubu / shobu しょうぶ |
(female given name) Shoubu |
諸部 诸部 see styles |
zhū bù zhu1 bu4 chu pu shobu |
the various [early Indian] schools |
ショウブ see styles |
shoubu / shobu ショウブ |
(1) sweet flag (Acorus calamus); calamus; (2) (colloquialism) Japanese iris (Iris ensata var. ensata) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Iris Flower | 菖蒲 | ayame / shoubu ayame / shobu | chāng pú / chang1 pu2 / chang pu / changpu | ch`ang p`u / changpu / chang pu |
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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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