Buy a wall scroll with Al in Chinese or Japanese.

Learn how the name Al is written in Chinese and Japanese. Decorate your home with a cool wall scroll that says Al.


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 ā ěr
Al Scroll

阿爾 is the name Al in Chinese (Mandarin).

 aru
Al Scroll

アル is the name Al in Japanese.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

 ā lán
Alan Scroll

阿蘭 is the name Alan in Chinese (Mandarin).

 aran
Alan Scroll

アラン is the name Alan in Japanese.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

 ā ěr bó tè
Albert Scroll

阿爾伯特 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the English name Albert.

 arubaato
Albert Scroll

アルバート is the name Albert in Japanese.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

 ā ěr bèi
Albert Scroll

阿爾貝 is the transliteration to Mandarin Chinese for the Latin / Spanish name Albert.

 ā ěr fú léi dé
Alfred Scroll

阿爾弗雷德 is the name Alfred in Chinese (Mandarin).

 arefuretsudo
Alfred Scroll

アレフレツド is the name Alfred in Japanese.


Note: Because this title is entirely Japanese Katakana, it should be written by a Japanese calligrapher.

Eternal Energy / Eternal Matter

 bù lái bú qù
 furai fuko
Eternal Energy /  Eternal Matter Scroll

不來不去 is a Buddhist term, originally anāgamana-nirgama from Sanskrit.

This implies that things are neither coming into nor going out of existence.

This can also mean “all things are eternal,” or others will call this the Buddhist concept of the eternal conservation of energy.

This theory predates Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.

Note: 不來不去 is not a well-known word for both Buddhists and non-Buddhists, so not all will recognize it.


The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Al阿爾
阿尔
ā ěr / a1 er3 / a er / aera erh / aerh
Alアルaru
Alan阿蘭
阿兰
ā lán / a1 lan2 / a lan / alan
Alanアランaran
Albert阿爾伯特
阿尔伯特
ā ěr bó tè
a1 er3 bo2 te4
a er bo te
aerbote
a erh po t`e
aerhpote
a erh po te
Albertアルバートarubaato / arubato
Albert阿爾貝
阿尔贝
ā ěr bèi
a1 er3 bei4
a er bei
aerbei
a erh pei
aerhpei
Alfred阿爾弗雷德
阿尔弗雷德
ā ěr fú léi dé
a1 er3 fu2 lei2 de2
a er fu lei de
aerfuleide
a erh fu lei te
aerhfuleite
Alfredアレフレツドarefuretsudo
Eternal Energy
Eternal Matter
不來不去
不来不去
furai fuko / furaifukobù lái bú qù
bu4 lai2 bu2 qu4
bu lai bu qu
bulaibuqu
pu lai pu ch`ü
pulaipuchü
pu lai pu chü
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.


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.


A nice Chinese calligraphy wall scroll

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.

A professional Chinese Calligrapher

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.

Trying to learn Chinese calligrapher - a futile effort

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.

A high-ranked Chinese master calligrapher that I met in Zhongwei

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.