The Name Mai in Chinese on a Custom-Made Scroll.

阿邁拉尼 is the name Amairani in Chinese (Mandarin).

アマイラニ is the name Amairani in Japanese Katakana.

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

佘詩曼 is the name Charmaine in Chinese (Mandarin).

シャーメイン is the name Charmaine in Japanese Katakana.

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

海為龍世界雲是鶴家鄉 is a somewhat poetic way to say that everyone and everything has its place in the world.

The first line (which is the column on the right) says, “The Ocean is the World of the Dragon.” The next column says, “The Clouds are the Domain of the Cranes.”

The image to the right is what this calligraphy can look like in xing-kaishu style by a Master Calligrapher.

イジスメー is the name Ezmai in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male French name Germain.

ジャーメーン is the name Germain in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Germaine.

ジャーメーン is the name Germaine in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female Spanish/Latin name Imaine.

イメーン is the name Imaine in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male Arabic name Ismail.

伊斯梅爾 is another common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Ismail.

イスマイル is the name Ismail in Japanese Katakana.

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

This is the Chinese name for the country of Jamaica.

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This is Jamaica in Japanese Katakana.

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

賈邁勒 is the name Jamail in Chinese (Mandarin).

ジャマイル is the name Jamail in Japanese Katakana.

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

杰曼 is the name Jermain in Chinese (Mandarin).

ジャーメイン is the name Jermain in Japanese Katakana.

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

杰梅因 is the name Jermaine in Chinese (Mandarin).

ジャーメーン is the name Jermaine in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Maï or Mai.

瑪雅 is the name Maia in Chinese (Mandarin).

マヤ is the name Maia in Japanese.

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

麥卡 is the name Maica in Chinese (Mandarin).

マイカ is the name Maica in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male German name Maike.

マイケ is the name Maike in Japanese (Katakana).

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

邁克爾 is the name Maikel in Chinese (Mandarin).

マイケル is the name Maikel in Japanese Katakana.

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

麥莉 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Hawaiian name Maile.

Note: Same pronunciation as the English name Miley (thus, the same in Chinese).

This is the Hawaiian name Maile in Japanese.

Note: Same pronunciation as the English name Miley.

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Maïlis or Mailis.

メーリス is the name Mailis in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Maïly or Maily.

メイリー is the name Maily in Japanese Katakana.

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

梅林 is the name Mailyn in Chinese (Mandarin).

メイリン is the name Mailyn in Japanese Katakana.

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Maïlys or Mailys.

メーリス is the name Mailys in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female Indian name Maïna or Maina.

メーナ is the name Maina in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the name Maine.

This is also how the state of Maine in the USA is written in Mandarin.

メーン is the name Maine in Japanese (Katakana).

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

Nothing could be more true. When I was in the Marine Corps, we trained for years for combat that often lasts only hours.

養兵千日用兵一時 is a Chinese proverb that, also reminds me of a common phrase used in the military to describe combat: “Weeks of total boredom, punctuated with five minutes of sheer terror.”

This may have some roots in Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Though I can not find this passage in his writings.

On the subject of the Art of War, if you have a favorite passage, we can create a custom calligraphy scroll with that phrase.

瑪麗亞 is the name Maira in Chinese (Mandarin).

マイラ is the name Maira in Japanese.

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

梅爾 is the name Maire in Chinese (Mandarin).

マイラ is the name Maire in Japanese.

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

マリー is the name Mairi in Japanese Katakana.

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

麥茜 is the name Maisie in Chinese (Mandarin).

メーシー is the name Maisie in Japanese (Katakana).

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

麥西 is the name Maisy in Chinese (Mandarin).

メイシー is the name Maisy in Japanese Katakana.

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

麥達內 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Maitane.

瑪伊泰 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Maïté.

メート is the name Maite in Japanese (Katakana).

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

マイトリ is the name Maitri in Japanese Katakana.

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female name Maiwen.

メーオエン is the name Maiwen in Japanese (Katakana).

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

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the female French name Maïwenn or Maiwenn.

麥雅 is the name Maiya in Chinese (Mandarin).

This is the English name Maiya in Japanese Katakana.

There are native Japanese names such as 舞弥, 舞也, 舞野, or 真衣弥 that can romanize as Maiya. The name here is appropriate if your English name is Maiya. Contact me if you need one of these other names.

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

美人魚 is the Chinese word for mermaid.

It literally means “beautiful human fish.”

人魚 is the Japanese Kanji, Korean Hanja, and Chinese word for “merman” or “mermaid.”

It literally means “human fish.”

人魚 is a non-gender-specific or unisex word in all three languages.

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male French name Romain.

ロマン is the name Romain in Japanese Katakana.

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

羅曼 is the name Romaine in Chinese (Mandarin).

ロメーン is the name Romaine in Japanese (Katakana).

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

赠人玫瑰手留余香 is a proverb that has been translated several ways:

1. Roses given, fragrance in hand.

2. You present others roses, and the fragrance remains.

3. The fragrance of the rose always remains on the hand of those that bestow them.

4. A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hands which gives the flowers

However, this literally translates as “Give someone rose flowers, [your] hands keep [the] remaining fragrance.”

This is a common Mandarin Chinese transliteration for the male Arabic name Smaïn or Smain.

スメーン is the name Smain in Japanese (Katakana).

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

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.