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Animal
熊 is the way to write “bear” (as in the animal) in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
If you are a bear fanatic, this is the wall scroll for you.
熊 is not specific to species, such as panda bears, polar bears, brown bears, etc.
If you need a more specific title, just post a contact me.
熊貓 is how to write “panda” in Chinese.
熊貓 is kind of a generic term that is applied to all pandas. When most people think of panda bears, they are really thinking of the “giant panda,” which has black and white fur.
The literal meaning of these characters is “bear cat.” Chinese do think of pandas as “cat-like bears.”
大熊貓 is how to write “giant panda” in Chinese.
大熊貓 is specific to the “giant panda,” which has black and white fur. Not to be confused with other types of smaller pandas in China.
The literal meaning of these characters is “great/big bear cat.” Chinese do think of pandas as “cat-like bears.”
Note: In Japanese, they only express Giant Panda in Katakana, which is ジャイアント パンダ” (Jaianto Panda). So we have not included that for wall scroll orders.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 熊 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
熊 see styles |
xióng xiong2 hsiung kuma(p); kuma(p) くま(P); クマ(P) |
More info & calligraphy: Bearbear (any mammal of family Ursidae); (personal name) Yū A bear. |
熊猫 see styles |
kumaneko くまねこ |
More info & calligraphy: Panda Bear |
熊貓 熊猫 see styles |
xióng māo xiong2 mao1 hsiung mao |
More info & calligraphy: Panda BearSee: 熊猫 |
白熊 see styles |
bái xióng bai2 xiong2 pai hsiung haguma はぐま |
More info & calligraphy: White Bear / Polar Bearyak tail hair; (surname) Shirokuma |
貂熊 see styles |
diāo xióng diao1 xiong2 tiao hsiung kuzuri くずり |
More info & calligraphy: Wolverine(kana only) wolverine (Gulo gulo); glutton; carcajou |
北極熊 北极熊 see styles |
běi jí xióng bei3 ji2 xiong2 pei chi hsiung hokkyokuguma; hokkyokuguma ほっきょくぐま; ホッキョクグマ |
More info & calligraphy: Polar Bear(kana only) (See シロクマ) polar bear (Ursus maritimus) |
大熊貓 大熊猫 see styles |
dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 ta hsiung mao |
More info & calligraphy: Giant Panda |
紅熊貓 红熊猫 see styles |
hóng xióng māo hong2 xiong2 mao1 hung hsiung mao |
More info & calligraphy: Red Panda / Firefox |
七熊 see styles |
nanakuma ななくま |
(surname) Nanakuma |
三熊 see styles |
miguma みぐま |
(surname) Miguma |
上熊 see styles |
uekuma うえくま |
(surname) Uekuma |
下熊 see styles |
shimokuma しもくま |
(surname) Shimokuma |
与熊 see styles |
yonokuma よのくま |
(surname) Yonokuma |
中熊 see styles |
nakaguma なかぐま |
(place-name, surname) Nakaguma |
丸熊 see styles |
marukuma まるくま |
(surname) Marukuma |
久熊 see styles |
kuguma くぐま |
(place-name) Kuguma |
乙熊 see styles |
odokuma おどくま |
(place-name) Odokuma |
亀熊 see styles |
kamekuma かめくま |
(place-name) Kamekuma |
二熊 see styles |
niguma にぐま |
(surname) Niguma |
五熊 see styles |
gokuma ごくま |
(surname) Gokuma |
井熊 see styles |
inokuma いのくま |
(surname) Inokuma |
仁熊 see styles |
niguma にぐま |
(surname) Niguma |
今熊 see styles |
imaguma いまぐま |
(place-name, surname) Imaguma |
伊熊 see styles |
iguma いぐま |
(surname) Iguma |
伏熊 see styles |
fushikuma ふしくま |
(place-name) Fushikuma |
佐熊 see styles |
sakuma さくま |
(surname, given name) Sakuma |
佳熊 see styles |
kakuma かくま |
(given name) Kakuma |
八熊 see styles |
yaguma やぐま |
(place-name, surname) Yaguma |
内熊 see styles |
uchikuma うちくま |
(place-name) Uchikuma |
初熊 see styles |
hatsukuma はつくま |
(given name) Hatsukuma |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Bear | 熊 | kuma | xióng / xiong2 / xiong | hsiung |
Panda Bear | 熊貓 熊猫 | xióng māo xiong2 mao1 xiong mao xiongmao | hsiung mao hsiungmao |
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White Bear Polar Bear | 白熊 | haguma / shirokuma | bái xióng bai2 xiong2 bai xiong baixiong | pai hsiung paihsiung |
Wolverine | 貂熊 | kuzuri | diāo xióng diao1 xiong2 diao xiong diaoxiong | tiao hsiung tiaohsiung |
Giant Panda | 大熊貓 大熊猫 | dà xióng māo da4 xiong2 mao1 da xiong mao daxiongmao | ta hsiung mao tahsiungmao |
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Polar Bear | 北極熊 北极熊 | hokkyokuguma hokyokuguma | běi jí xióng bei3 ji2 xiong2 bei ji xiong beijixiong | pei chi hsiung peichihsiung |
Red Panda Firefox | 紅熊貓 红熊猫 | hóng xióng māo hong2 xiong2 mao1 hong xiong mao hongxiongmao | hung hsiung mao hunghsiungmao |
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Kung Fu Panda | 功夫熊貓 功夫熊猫 | gōng fú xióng māo gong1 fu2 xiong2 mao1 gong fu xiong mao gongfuxiongmao | kung fu hsiung mao kungfuhsiungmao |
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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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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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