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

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 sà mó yà
Samoa Scroll

薩摩亞 is the Chinese name for the country of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa).

The official name is the Independent State of Samoa. Not to be confused with American Somoa which is to the southeast.


See Also:  Oceania

 samoa
Samoa Scroll

サモア is the name for Samoa in Japanese (Katakana).


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

American Samoa

 měi shǔ sà mó yà
American Samoa Scroll

This is the Chinese name for the territory of American Samoa (formerly known as Eastern Samoa).

This should not be confused with Independent Somoa which is to the west.

If you want just a general “Samoa” title, just use the plain “Samoa” entry, as it does not actually designate western, eastern, American, or independent.


See Also:  Oceania

Western Samoa

 xī sà mó yà
Western Samoa Scroll

This is the Chinese name for the country of Western Samoa.


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

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Samoa薩摩亞
萨摩亚
sà mó yà
sa4 mo2 ya4
sa mo ya
samoya
Samoaサモアsamoa
American Samoa美屬薩摩亞
美属萨摩亚
měi shǔ sà mó yà
mei3 shu3 sa4 mo2 ya4
mei shu sa mo ya
meishusamoya
Western Samoa西薩摩亞
西萨摩亚
xī sà mó yà
xi1 sa4 mo2 ya4
xi sa mo ya
xisamoya
hsi sa mo ya
hsisamoya
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 Samoa in my Japanese & Chinese Dictionary

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A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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single-character wall scroll.
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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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