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牙 is the character for ivory or tooth in Chinese, Japanese Kanji, and old Korean Hanja.
牙 can also mean tooth, tusk, fang, or molar.
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Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your Ivory search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
牙 see styles |
yá ya2 ya ge げ |
More info & calligraphy: Ivory / Tooth(1) (rare) tooth; (2) (rare) (See 象牙・ぞうげ) ivory Tooth, teeth; toothed; a broker. |
揥 see styles |
tì ti4 t`i ti |
get rid of; ivory hairpin |
笏 see styles |
hù hu4 hu shaku しゃく |
(old) ceremonial tablet (held by officials at an audience) shaku; flat wooden or ivory baton carried in the right hand when in ceremonial imperial or Shinto garb |
箋 笺 see styles |
jiān jian1 chien sen せん |
letter; note-paper (1) slip (of paper); (2) tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label A tablet, slip. |
觽 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
variant of 觿, ivory bodkin for undoing knots |
觿 see styles |
xī xi1 hsi |
ivory bodkin for undoing knots |
貝 贝 see styles |
bèi bei4 pei shiiru / shiru しぇる |
cowrie; shellfish; currency (archaic) (1) (kana only) Japanese Babylon (Babylonia japonica); Japanese ivory shell; (2) (abbreviation) (See 貝独楽) spinning top (traditionally made from a Japanese Babylon shell); (female given name) Sheru śaṅkha a shell, cowry, conch; valuables, riches; a large trumpet sounded to call the assembly together. |
八穢 八秽 see styles |
bā huì ba1 hui4 pa hui hachie |
Eight things unclean to a monk: buying land for self, not for Buddha or the fraternity; ditto cultivating; ditto laying by or storing up; ditto keeping servants (or slaves); keeping animals (for slaughter); treasuring up gold, etc.; ivory and ornaments; utensils for private use. |
掛絡 挂络 see styles |
guà luò gua4 luo4 kua lo kara から |
(1) (archaism) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); (2) ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; (3) netsuke; item attached to a netsuke 掛落; 掛羅 A short garment, or cover; a waistcoat. |
掛羅 挂罗 see styles |
guà luó gua4 luo2 kua lo kara から |
(1) (archaism) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); (2) ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; (3) netsuke; item attached to a netsuke waistcoat |
掛落 挂落 see styles |
guà luò gua4 luo4 kua lo kara から |
(1) (archaism) Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya); (2) ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat; (3) netsuke; item attached to a netsuke waistcoat |
撥鏤 see styles |
bachiru ばちる |
engraving of lacquer-stained ivory (popular during the Tang dynasty) |
灰貝 see styles |
haigai はいがい |
ivory shell; cockle; (place-name) Haigai |
牙床 see styles |
yá chuáng ya2 chuang2 ya ch`uang ya chuang |
gum; ivory bedframe |
牙旗 see styles |
yá qí ya2 qi2 ya ch`i ya chi |
emperor's or general's banner erected on an ivory-tipped pole at a military camp or headquarters (in ancient times) |
牙白 see styles |
yá bái ya2 bai2 ya pai |
creamy white; ivory color |
牙纛 see styles |
gatou / gato がとう |
flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general |
牙雕 see styles |
yá diāo ya2 diao1 ya tiao |
ivory carving |
紅牙 红牙 see styles |
hóng yá hong2 ya2 hung ya |
clappers (musical instrument used to mark the time, made from ivory or hardwood and painted red) |
象牙 see styles |
xiàng yá xiang4 ya2 hsiang ya zouge / zoge ぞうげ |
ivory; elephant tusk ivory Elephant's tusk, ivory. |
新象牙 see styles |
shinzouge / shinzoge しんぞうげ |
ivory-like plastic (used for mahjong tiles, shogi pieces, etc.) |
Variations: |
sen せん |
(1) slip (of paper); (2) tag (usu. bamboo, wood, ivory, etc.); label |
象牙塔 see styles |
xiàng yá tǎ xiang4 ya2 ta3 hsiang ya t`a hsiang ya ta |
ivory tower |
象牙色 see styles |
zougeiro / zogero ぞうげいろ |
ivory-white |
阿比讓 阿比让 see styles |
ā bǐ ràng a1 bi3 rang4 a pi jang |
Abidjan (city in Ivory Coast) |
アイボリ see styles |
aibori アイボリ |
ivory; (personal name) Ivory |
科特迪瓦 see styles |
kē tè dí wǎ ke1 te4 di2 wa3 k`o t`e ti wa ko te ti wa |
Côte d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in West Africa |
象牙の塔 see styles |
zougenotou / zogenoto ぞうげのとう |
(exp,n) ivory tower |
象牙取引 see styles |
zougetorihiki / zogetorihiki ぞうげとりひき |
ivory trade |
象牙椰子 see styles |
zougeyashi; zougeyashi / zogeyashi; zogeyashi ぞうげやし; ゾウゲヤシ |
(kana only) ivory palm (Phytelephas macrocarpa) |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Ivory | 艾彿利 艾佛利 | ài fó lì ai4 fo2 li4 ai fo li aifoli | ||
Ivory Tooth | 牙 | kiba | yá / ya2 / ya | |
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.
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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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