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兄弟 is a Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja title for brothers.
Some notes: It's kind of an uncommon title for a wall scroll.
In Chinese, this is usually understood as brothers. In Japanese, it can extend to mean “brothers and sisters” or siblings.
手足情 is the love between siblings.
When you love, protect, care for, and have a deep bond that only brothers or sisters can.
The actual translation is “Hand and Foot,” but the relationship between brothers or sisters is like that of hands and feet. They belong together and complete the body. Even though this says “hand and foot,” it will always be read with the brotherly and sisterly love meaning in Chinese.
Note: During the past 20 years, the “One child policy” in China is slowly making this term obsolete.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your big brother search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
老大哥 see styles |
lǎo dà gē lao3 da4 ge1 lao ta ko |
More info & calligraphy: Big Brother |
大哥 see styles |
dà gē da4 ge1 ta ko |
eldest brother; big brother (polite address for a man of about the same age as oneself); gang leader; boss |
兄貴分 see styles |
anikibun あにきぶん |
(1) senior group member; leader among peers; (expression) (2) (See 分・ぶん・4) (like) one's older brother; big brother |
Variations: |
bigguburazaa; biggu burazaa / bigguburaza; biggu buraza ビッグブラザー; ビッグ・ブラザー |
(1) big brother; elder brother; (2) (from Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four) Big Brother; dictator; despot |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Big Brother | 老大哥 | lǎo dà gē lao3 da4 ge1 lao da ge laodage | lao ta ko laotako |
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Blood Brothers | 血兄弟 | chi kyou dai chikyoudai chi kyo dai | xuè xiōng dì xue4 xiong1 di4 xue xiong di xuexiongdi | hsüeh hsiung ti hsüehhsiungti |
Brothers | 兄弟 | kyou dai / kyoudai / kyo dai | xiōng dì / xiong1 di4 / xiong di / xiongdi | hsiung ti / hsiungti |
Brother and Sister | 兄姉 | keishi / kyoudai keishi / kyodai | ||
Brotherly and Sisterly Love | 手足情 | shǒu zú qíng shou3 zu2 qing2 shou zu qing shouzuqing | shou tsu ch`ing shoutsuching shou tsu ching |
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Wise Younger Brother | 賢弟 贤弟 | ken tei / kentei | xián dì / xian2 di4 / xian di / xiandi | hsien ti / hsienti |
Big Brother Elder Brother | 阿兄 | akei | ā xiōng / a1 xiong1 / a xiong / axiong | a hsiung / ahsiung |
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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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.
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