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天狗 is the Japanese title for Tengu, which roughly translates as “heavenly dog.”
Tengu is a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folk religion and is also considered a type of Shinto god (kami) or yōkai (supernatural being).
The origin is Chinese, though this term is seldom used in Chinese anymore. It was a dog-like Chinese demon (Tiangou)
Although the title contains the word “dog,” the tengu are often depicted with human and bird-like characteristics. Sometimes they have large noses or beaks like birds.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 天狗 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
天狗 see styles |
tiān gǒu tian1 gou3 t`ien kou tien kou tengu てんぐ |
More info & calligraphy: Tenguulkā, 憂流迦the 'heavenly dog' i. e. a meteor. Also 'a star in Argo' according to Williams. |
中天狗 see styles |
nakatengu なかてんぐ |
(personal name) Nakatengu |
八天狗 see styles |
hattengu はってんぐ |
(See 天狗・1) hattengu; tengu said to live among the 8 mountains of Atago, Hira, Daisen, Ōmine, Kurama, Iizuna, Hiko, and Shiramine |
大天狗 see styles |
daitengu; ootengu だいてんぐ; おおてんぐ |
(1) (See 天狗・1) large tengu; powerful tengu; (2) (idiom) (See 天狗・2) big braggart; blowhard |
天狗原 see styles |
tengubara てんぐばら |
(place-name) Tengubara |
天狗城 see styles |
tengajou / tengajo てんがじょう |
(place-name) Tengajō |
天狗堂 see styles |
tengudou / tengudo てんぐどう |
(place-name) Tengudou |
天狗塚 see styles |
tenguzuka てんぐづか |
(place-name) Tenguzuka |
天狗壁 see styles |
tengukabe てんぐかべ |
(place-name) Tengukabe |
天狗山 see styles |
tenguyama てんぐやま |
(place-name) Tenguyama |
天狗岩 see styles |
tenguiwa てんぐいわ |
(personal name) Tenguiwa |
天狗岳 see styles |
tengudake てんぐだけ |
(personal name) Tengudake |
天狗峠 see styles |
tengutouge / tengutoge てんぐとうげ |
(place-name) Tengutōge |
天狗島 see styles |
tengujima てんぐじま |
(personal name) Tengujima |
天狗平 see styles |
tengudaira てんぐだいら |
(place-name) Tengudaira |
天狗木 see styles |
tenguki てんぐき |
(surname) Tenguki |
天狗松 see styles |
tengumatsu てんぐまつ |
(place-name) Tengumatsu |
天狗柳 see styles |
tenguyanagi てんぐやなぎ |
(place-name) Tenguyanagi |
天狗棚 see styles |
tengudana てんぐだな |
(place-name) Tengudana |
天狗森 see styles |
tengumori てんぐもり |
(personal name) Tengumori |
天狗橋 see styles |
tengubashi てんぐばし |
(place-name) Tengubashi |
天狗池 see styles |
tenguike てんぐいけ |
(place-name) Tenguike |
天狗沢 see styles |
tenguzawa てんぐざわ |
(place-name) Tenguzawa |
天狗物 see styles |
tengumono てんぐもの |
(See 能・2,天狗・1) category of noh plays who depict a tengu as the leading character; goblin piece |
天狗猿 see styles |
tenguzaru; tenguzaru てんぐざる; テングザル |
(kana only) proboscis monkey (Nasalis larvatus); long-nosed monkey |
天狗田 see styles |
tenguda てんぐだ |
(place-name) Tenguda |
天狗石 see styles |
tenguishi てんぐいし |
(surname) Tenguishi |
天狗立 see styles |
tengudate てんぐだて |
(place-name) Tengudate |
天狗茸 see styles |
tengutake; tengutake てんぐたけ; テングタケ |
(kana only) panther cap (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina) |
天狗荘 see styles |
tengusou / tenguso てんぐそう |
(place-name) Tengusō |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Tengu | 天狗 | ten gu / tengu | tiān gǒu / tian1 gou3 / tian gou / tiangou | t`ien kou / tienkou / tien kou |
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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.
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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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