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(The flower of love)
薔薇 is the universal way to write rose (as in the flower) because it is understood in both Chinese and Japanese (same characters in either language). 薔薇 is also a common way to write about roses in Asian poetry. This can be translated as “wild rose” if you are looking for that title.
薔薇 is also how to write “rose” in old Korean Hanja (though they now use Hangul, and most Koreans of this generation will not be able to read this without a dictionary).
(Name used in botany and some poems)
野薔薇 is both the technical term for rose in the science of botany. However, it also means wild rose and can be found in some forms of poetry as well.
If you are wondering, this word for rose sounds good in Chinese, not like a super-technical such as the Latin words we use for scientific terms in the west).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 薔薇 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
薔薇 蔷薇 see styles |
qiáng wēi qiang2 wei1 ch`iang wei chiang wei bara(gikun)(p); shoubi; soubi; bara / bara(gikun)(p); shobi; sobi; bara ばら(gikun)(P); しょうび; そうび; バラ |
More info & calligraphy: Rose Flower(kana only) rose; (female given name) Ro-zu |
野薔薇 see styles |
nobara のばら |
More info & calligraphy: Rose |
冬薔薇 see styles |
fuyusoubi; fuyubara / fuyusobi; fuyubara ふゆそうび; ふゆばら |
winter rose |
紅薔薇 see styles |
benibara べにばら |
(female given name) Benibara |
美薔薇 see styles |
misora みそら |
(female given name) Misora |
聖薔薇 see styles |
seira / sera せいら |
(female given name) Seira |
薔薇名 see styles |
barana ばらな |
(female given name) Barana |
薔薇園 see styles |
baraen ばらえん |
rose garden |
薔薇子 see styles |
barako ばらこ |
(female given name) Barako |
薔薇島 see styles |
barajima ばらじま |
(place-name) Barajima |
薔薇族 see styles |
barazoku ばらぞく |
(work) Barazoku (gay men's magazine; 1971-2011); (wk) Barazoku (gay men's magazine; 1971-2011) |
薔薇羽 see styles |
baraha ばらは |
(female given name) Baraha |
薔薇色 see styles |
barairo ばらいろ |
(noun - becomes adjective with の) rose-colour; rose-color |
薔薇花 see styles |
baraka ばらか |
(female given name) Baraka |
薔薇鯥 see styles |
baramutsu; baramutsu ばらむつ; バラムツ |
(kana only) oilfish (Ruvettus pretiosus) |
衣薔薇 see styles |
ibara いばら |
(female given name) Ibara |
赤薔薇 see styles |
arisu ありす |
(female given name) Arisu |
雪薔薇 see styles |
yukibara ゆきばら |
(female given name) Yukibara |
麗薔薇 see styles |
reira / rera れいら |
(female given name) Reira |
大薔薇苺 see styles |
oobaraichigo; oobaraichigo おおばらいちご; オオバライチゴ |
(kana only) Rubus croceacanthus (species of raspberry) |
庚申薔薇 see styles |
koushinbara; koushinbara / koshinbara; koshinbara こうしんばら; コウシンバラ |
(kana only) (See 長春花) China rose (Rosa chinensis); monthly rosebush |
薔薇の蕾 see styles |
baranotsubomi ばらのつぼみ |
(exp,n) rosebud |
薔薇戦争 see styles |
barasensou / barasenso ばらせんそう |
War of the Roses |
薔薇笛鯛 see styles |
barafuedai; barafuedai ばらふえだい; バラフエダイ |
(kana only) two-spot red snapper (Lutjanus bohar) |
薔薇羽太 see styles |
barahata; barahata ばらはた; バラハタ |
(kana only) yellow-edged lyretail (Variola louti); lyretail grouper; coronation cod |
薔薇花蕾 蔷薇花蕾 see styles |
qiáng wēi huā lěi qiang2 wei1 hua1 lei3 ch`iang wei hua lei chiang wei hua lei |
rosebud |
薔薇輝石 see styles |
barakiseki ばらきせき |
rhodonite |
難波薔薇 see styles |
naniwaibara; naniwaibara なにわいばら; ナニワイバラ |
(kana only) Cherokee rose (Rosa laevigata) |
素薔薇しい see styles |
sunbarashii / sunbarashi すんばらしい subarashii / subarashi すばらしい |
(irregular kanji usage) (adjective) wonderful; splendid; magnificent |
薔薇の名前 see styles |
baranonamae ばらのなまえ |
(work) The Name of the Rose (1980 novel by Umberto Eco); (wk) The Name of the Rose (1980 novel by Umberto Eco) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Rose Flower | 薔薇 蔷薇 | bara / shoubi bara / shobi | qiáng wēi qiang2 wei1 qiang wei qiangwei | ch`iang wei chiangwei chiang wei |
Rose | 野薔薇 野蔷薇 | nobara | yě qiáng wēi ye3 qiang2 wei1 ye qiang wei yeqiangwei | yeh ch`iang wei yehchiangwei yeh chiang wei |
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.
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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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