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生日快樂 is how to write “Happy Birthday” in Chinese.
The first two characters mean “birthday,” and the second two characters mean “happiness,” or rather a wish for happiness.
Because a birthday only lasts one day per year, we strongly suggest that you find an appropriate and personal calligraphy gift that can be hung in the recipient's home year-round.
祝誕生日 is the shortest way to write “Happy Birthday” in Japanese.
The first Kanji means “wish” or “express good wishes,” and the last three characters mean “birthday.”
Because a birthday only lasts one day per year, we strongly suggest that you find an appropriate and personal calligraphy gift that can be hung in the recipient's home year-round.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your birthday search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
壽 寿 see styles |
shòu shou4 shou hisashi ひさし |
More info & calligraphy: Longevity / Long Life(out-dated kanji) (1) congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; (2) longevity; long life; (given name) Hisashi Long life, longevity, age, v. 耆婆 jīva. |
聖誕 圣诞 see styles |
shèng dàn sheng4 dan4 sheng tan shōtan |
More info & calligraphy: Christmasemperor's birthday |
生日快樂 生日快乐 see styles |
shēng rì kuài lè sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4 sheng jih k`uai le sheng jih kuai le |
More info & calligraphy: Happy Birthday |
晬 see styles |
zuì zui4 tsui |
1st birthday of a child |
祝 see styles |
zhù zhu4 chu hafuri; houri / hafuri; hori はふり; ほうり |
to pray for; to wish (sb bon voyage, happy birthday etc); person who invokes the spirits during sacrificial ceremonies (1) {Shinto} (See 宮司,禰宜・1,神主・2) junior Shinto priest; (2) (polite language) (rare) {Shinto} Shinto priest; generic title for a member of the Shinto priesthood; (surname) Yoshi To invoke, either to bless or curse. |
誕 诞 see styles |
dàn dan4 tan hiroshi ひろし |
birth; birthday; brag; boast; to increase (given name) Hiroshi A birthday; to bear, produce; wide, boastful. |
上寿 see styles |
jouju / joju じょうじゅ |
100th birthday |
丸裸 see styles |
maruhadaka まるはだか |
(noun or adjectival noun) nude; utterly stark naked; wearing only one's birthday suit |
做壽 做寿 see styles |
zuò shòu zuo4 shou4 tso shou |
to celebrate a birthday (of an elderly person) |
傘寿 see styles |
sanju さんじゅ |
80th birthday |
內齋 内斋 see styles |
nèi zhāi nei4 zhai1 nei chai naisai |
Buddhist ceremonies in the palace on the emperor's birthday, v. 內道塲. |
力餅 see styles |
chikaramochi ちからもち |
(1) fortifying mochi; mochi that improves one's strength; (2) (See 汁の餅) mochi received from one's parents after giving birth; (3) mochi given to a toddler on its first birthday |
千秋 see styles |
qiān qiū qian1 qiu1 ch`ien ch`iu chien chiu senshuu / senshu せんしゅう |
a thousand years; your birthday (honorific) thousand years; many years; (female given name) Chitose |
卆寿 see styles |
sotsuju そつじゅ |
90th birthday |
卒寿 see styles |
sotsuju そつじゅ |
90th birthday |
及笄 see styles |
jí jī ji2 ji1 chi chi |
to reach marriageable age (a girl's fifteenth birthday) |
古希 see styles |
koki こき |
70th birthday |
古稀 see styles |
gǔ xī gu3 xi1 ku hsi koki こき |
seventy years old 70th birthday |
周晬 see styles |
zhōu zuì zhou1 zui4 chou tsui |
one full year (e.g. on child's first birthday); same as 週歲|周岁[zhou1 sui4] |
周祥 see styles |
zhōu xiáng zhou1 xiang2 chou hsiang shū shō |
The anniversary of Buddha's birthday. |
喜壽 喜寿 see styles |
xǐ shòu xi3 shou4 hsi shou |
77th birthday (honorific, archaic or Japanese term) See: 喜寿 |
喜寿 see styles |
kiju きじゅ |
77th birthday; (given name) Yoshihisa |
壽堂 寿堂 see styles |
shòu táng shou4 tang2 shou t`ang shou tang |
mourning hall; a hall for a birthday celebration |
壽星 寿星 see styles |
shòu xīng shou4 xing1 shou hsing |
god of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated |
壽桃 寿桃 see styles |
shòu táo shou4 tao2 shou t`ao shou tao |
(myth.) peaches of immortality, kept by Xi Wangmu; fresh or confectionery peaches offered as a birthday gift |
壽禮 寿礼 see styles |
shòu lǐ shou4 li3 shou li |
birthday present (for an old person) |
壽筵 寿筵 see styles |
shòu yán shou4 yan2 shou yen |
birthday banquet |
壽糕 寿糕 see styles |
shòu gāo shou4 gao1 shou kao |
birthday cake |
壽辰 寿辰 see styles |
shòu chén shou4 chen2 shou ch`en shou chen |
birthday (of an old person) |
壽麵 寿面 see styles |
shòu miàn shou4 mian4 shou mien |
birthday noodles (for longevity) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Happy Birthday | 生日快樂 生日快乐 | shēng rì kuài lè sheng1 ri4 kuai4 le4 sheng ri kuai le shengrikuaile | sheng jih k`uai le shengjihkuaile sheng jih kuai le |
|
Happy Birthday | 祝誕生日 | shuku tan jou bi shukutanjoubi shuku tan jo bi | ||
Happy Birthday | 誕生日おめでとう | tan jou bi o me de tou tanjoubiomedetou tan jo bi o me de to | ||
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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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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