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グリフィン is the name Griffin in Japanese.
This is used mostly as the name Griffin but can also refer to the mythical beast. It sounds like “Griffin” but does not hold the meaning of the beast known as a Griffin. This is strictly a transliteration of the way Griffin sounds in English but using Japanese sounds to pronounce it.
Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.
鷹頭獅 is the Chinese title for a Griffin.
This refers to the legendary creature with the head, talons, and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Sometimes also spelled Gryphon or Griffon. From the Greek γρύφων or γρύπων, or Latin Gryphus.
This Chinese title, 鷹頭獅, literally means “Eagle Head Lion.”
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your griffin search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
鷹頭獅 鹰头狮 see styles |
yīng tóu shī ying1 tou2 shi1 ying t`ou shih ying tou shih |
More info & calligraphy: Griffin / Gryphon |
グリフィン see styles |
gurifin グリフィン |
More info & calligraphy: Griffin |
獅鷲 狮鹫 see styles |
shī jiù shi1 jiu4 shih chiu |
griffin |
グリッフィン see styles |
guriffin グリッフィン |
griffin |
ビエレグリファン see styles |
bieregurifan ビエレグリファン |
(personal name) Viele-Griffin |
ヴィエレグリファン see styles |
rieregurifan ヴィエレグリファン |
(surname) Viele-Griffin |
ヴィエレ・グリファン see styles |
riere gurifan ヴィエレ・グリファン |
(surname) Viele-Griffin |
バーリーグリフィン湖 see styles |
baariigurifinko / barigurifinko バーリーグリフィンこ |
(place-name) Burley Griffin (lake) |
Variations: |
guriffin; gurifin グリッフィン; グリフィン |
(See グリフォン) griffin |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Griffin | グリフィン | gurifin | ||
Griffin | 格里芬 | gé lǐ fēn ge2 li3 fen1 ge li fen gelifen | ko li fen kolifen |
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Griffin Gryphon | 鷹頭獅 鹰头狮 | yīng tóu shī ying1 tou2 shi1 ying tou shi yingtoushi | ying t`ou shih yingtoushih ying tou shih |
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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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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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