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This “strong” character is the more “healthy” version of strong. 健 is the “strong” that is appropriate for an athlete.
Beyond “healthy,” it can also mean strength, persistence, vigorous, or invigorated/invigoration.
健康 is the best way to express good health in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
健康 also suggests the ideas of being solid, strong, sound, wholesome, and at peace.
Can also be used to express healthy, vitality, or well-being.
強健 means robustness or sturdiness in regards to being healthy and fit.
This can also be used to say “persistently good health.”
We don't really have a word like 健美 in English, but these two characters create a word that means “strong and beautiful.” It could also be translated as “healthy and beautiful.”
Note: 健美 is a word in Chinese and Korean, but it's also the family name Takemi in Japanese. The characters hold the same meaning in Japanese; however, it's like having the English name Stillwell when few people would perceive the meanings of still and well.
健やか is a verbose way to say strong and healthy in Japanese. 健やか is the “strong” that is appropriate for an athlete.
Beyond “healthy,” it can also mean strength, persistence, vigorous, or invigoration.
Japanese also use the first Kanji to mean the same thing. This version adds two hiragana which serve to emphasize or amplify the word and clarify the meaning.
Note: Because this selection contains some special Japanese Hiragana characters, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
If you are into healthy living, 健康生活 might be an excellent selection for a wall scroll to hang in your home.
The first two characters speak of health, vitality, vigor, and being of sound body. The second two characters mean living or life (daily existence).
身體健康 is how to express “wellness” in Chinese. The meaning is not much different than the idea of “good health.” The first two characters alone are often translated as “health.” Some will also translate this title as “physical health.”
If you want to fill your room with a feeling of wellness, this is the wall scroll for you.
This is also the ancient way to express wellness in Japanese Kanji and old Korean Hanja. The modern Japanese form is 身体健康 (the only difference is the second Kanji). Let me know if you need your calligraphy written in modern Japanese.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 健 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
健 see styles |
jiàn jian4 chien yutaka ゆたか |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Healthy(personal name) Yutaka Sturdy, strong, hard, bold; unwearied; translit. ga, gha. |
健太 see styles |
kenta けんた |
More info & calligraphy: Kenta |
健康 see styles |
jiàn kāng jian4 kang1 chien k`ang chien kang kenkou / kenko けんこう |
More info & calligraphy: Good Health(1) health; (adjectival noun) (2) healthy; sound; fit; wholesome; (given name) Takeyasu |
健美 see styles |
jiàn měi jian4 mei3 chien mei masami まさみ |
More info & calligraphy: Strong and Beautiful(female given name) Masami |
強健 强健 see styles |
qiáng jiàn qiang2 jian4 ch`iang chien chiang chien kyouken / kyoken きょうけん |
More info & calligraphy: Robust / Sturdy(noun or adjectival noun) robust (health); strong (constitution); sturdy |
健やか see styles |
sukoyaka すこやか |
More info & calligraphy: Strong / Healthy |
質実剛健 see styles |
shitsujitsugouken / shitsujitsugoken しつじつごうけん |
More info & calligraphy: Shitsujitsu Goken |
亘健 see styles |
kouken / koken こうけん |
(personal name) Kōken |
伍健 see styles |
goken ごけん |
(personal name) Goken |
俊健 see styles |
toshitake としたけ |
(given name) Toshitake |
保健 see styles |
bǎo jiàn bao3 jian4 pao chien hoken ほけん |
health protection; health care; to maintain in good health (1) preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation; (2) health education (school subject) |
信健 see styles |
nobutake のぶたけ |
(given name) Nobutake |
健か see styles |
shitataka したたか |
(adjectival noun) (1) (kana only) tough; stubborn; determined; hard; (adverb) (2) (kana only) severely; heavily; hard; a great deal; much |
健一 see styles |
takekazu たけかず |
(personal name) Takekazu |
健七 see styles |
kenshichi けんしち |
(given name) Kenshichi |
健三 see styles |
kenzoo けんぞお |
(personal name) Kenzoo |
健世 see styles |
takeyo たけよ |
(female given name) Takeyo |
健丞 see styles |
kensuke けんすけ |
(personal name) Kensuke |
健乃 see styles |
takeno たけの |
(female given name) Takeno |
健久 see styles |
takehisa たけひさ |
(given name) Takehisa |
健之 see styles |
yasuyuki やすゆき |
(personal name) Yasuyuki |
健也 see styles |
takeya たけや |
(personal name) Takeya |
健亀 see styles |
kenki けんき |
(given name) Kenki |
健予 see styles |
takeyo たけよ |
(female given name) Takeyo |
健二 see styles |
takeji たけじ |
(personal name) Takeji |
健五 see styles |
kengo けんご |
(given name) Kengo |
健亜 see styles |
kena けんあ |
(personal name) Ken'a |
健亮 see styles |
takeaki たけあき |
(personal name) Takeaki |
健人 see styles |
hayato はやと |
(given name) Hayato |
健仁 see styles |
takehito たけひと |
(given name) Takehito |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Strong Healthy | 健 | ken | jiàn / jian4 / jian | chien |
Good Health | 健康 | kenkou / kenko | jiàn kāng jian4 kang1 jian kang jiankang | chien k`ang chienkang chien kang |
Inner Strength Inner Well-Being and Health | 內健 | nèi jiàn / nei4 jian4 / nei jian / neijian | nei chien / neichien | |
Kenta | 健太 | jiàn tài / jian4 tai4 / jian tai / jiantai | chien t`ai / chientai / chien tai | |
Robust Sturdy | 強健 强健 | kyouken / kyoken | qiáng jiàn qiang2 jian4 qiang jian qiangjian | ch`iang chien chiangchien chiang chien |
Strong and Beautiful | 健美 | takemi | jiàn měi / jian4 mei3 / jian mei / jianmei | chien mei / chienmei |
Strong Healthy | 健やか | sukoyaka | ||
Healthy Living | 健康生活 | kenkou seikatsu kenkouseikatsu kenko seikatsu | jiàn kāng shēng huó jian4 kang1 sheng1 huo2 jian kang sheng huo jiankangshenghuo | chien k`ang sheng huo chienkangshenghuo chien kang sheng huo |
Shitsujitsu Goken | 質実剛健 | shitsu jitsu gou ken shitsujitsugouken shitsu jitsu go ken | ||
Wellness | 身體健康 身体健康 | shin tai ken kou shintaikenkou shin tai ken ko | shēn tǐ jiàn kāng shen1 ti3 jian4 kang1 shen ti jian kang shentijiankang | shen t`i chien k`ang shentichienkang shen ti chien kang |
Live Long and Prosper | 健康長壽繁榮昌盛 健康长寿繁荣昌盛 | Jiàn kāng cháng shòu fán róng chāng shèng Jian4 kang1 chang2 shou4 fan2 rong2 chang1 sheng4 Jian kang chang shou fan rong chang sheng | Chien k`ang ch`ang shou fan jung ch`ang sheng Chien kang chang shou fan jung chang sheng |
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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.
Check out my lists of Japanese Kanji Calligraphy Wall Scrolls and Old Korean Hanja Calligraphy Wall Scrolls.