The Name Choy in Japanese/Chinese on a Custom-Made Wall Scroll.

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Choy

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 cài
 choy
Choy Scroll

蔡 is the most common Chinese character for the surname Choy.

蔡 (Cài / Choy) means vegetable or thrive depending on context. The surname Choy can also be 徐 (Xú), meaning slowly, or 崔 (Cuī), meaning lofty.

Choy

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チョイ is the name Choy in Japanese Katakana.

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

Choy Li Fut

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 cài lǐ fó
Choy Li Fut Scroll

蔡李彿 is Choy Li Fut, a Chinese martial arts that combines Northern and Southern Kung Fu styles.

Choy Li Fut is also known as Choy Lay Fut, Choy Lee Fut, Tsai Li Fo and Cai Li Fo, Choy Li Fut, Choi Lei Fut, Choy Lai Fut, Choy Ley Fut, Choi Lei Faht, Choi Leih Faht. These all come from the same 蔡李彿 characters, but different dialects have different pronunciations and romanization schemes for Chinese vary.

Some will write the third character 佛, others will write 彿 (note subtle extra stoke on left side). If you have a preference, place make a note when you place your order.


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

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Choy蔡cài / cai4 / caits`ai / tsai
Choyチョイchoi
Choy Li Fut蔡李彿
蔡李佛		cài lǐ fó
cai4 li3 fo2
cai li fo
cailifo		ts`ai li fo
tsailifo
tsai li fo
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.


Dictionary

Lookup Choy in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary

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.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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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