Learn how the name Louis is written in Chinese and Japanese. Decorate your home with a cool wall scroll that says Louis.
聖 is the simple, single-character religious form of “saint” in Chinese (also holds the same meaning in Japanese and Korean, though rarely used alone like this).
This can also mean holy, sage, master, or priest.
Note: 聖 is often used in compound words (words of more than one character) to create further meanings. In compounds, it can mean holy, sacred, or divine.
聖 is also used as the first word for Spanish and English place names such as “San Diego” and “St. Louis” in Chinese (not Japanese).
In the Buddhist context, this can represent ārya or sādhu. And mean a sage; wise and good; upright, or correct in all his character; sacred, holy, or saintly.
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Jean-Louis | 讓路易 让路易 | ràng lù yì rang4 lu4 yi4 rang lu yi rangluyi | jang lu i janglui |
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Jean-Louis | ジーンルイス | jiin ruisu / jiinruisu / jin ruisu | ||
Louis | 路易斯 | lù yì sī lu4 yi4 si1 lu yi si luyisi | lu i ssu luissu |
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Louis | ルイス | ruisu | ||
Louis-Philippe | 路易菲力浦 | lù yì fēi lì pǔ lu4 yi4 fei1 li4 pu3 lu yi fei li pu luyifeilipu | lu i fei li p`u luifeilipu lu i fei li pu |
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Louis-Philippe | ルイスフィリップ | ruisu firippu ruisufirippu ruisu firipu | ||
The Saint | 聖 圣 | sei | shèng / sheng4 / sheng | |
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.
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.