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title: "Koi in Chinese Calligraphy (锦鲤): Cursive, Running and Regular Script"
description: "Koi in Chinese calligraphy is 锦鲤 (jǐnlǐ). See it in three brush scripts, regular (楷书), running (行书) and cursive (草书), across or down, and save each as an image. Free, no sign-up."
canonical: "https://mandarinthewild.com/chinese-calligraphy-generator/koi"
author: "Mandarin The Wild"
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# Koi in Chinese calligraphy

锦鲤 jǐnlǐ. The koi carp, luck and perseverance; a koi that leaps the Dragon Gate becomes a dragon.

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Chinese characters, or a word in English

## 楷书 kǎishū · Regular script

锦鲤

## 行书 xíngshū · Running script

锦鲤

## 草书 cǎoshū · Cursive script

锦鲤

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## How do you write koi in Chinese calligraphy?

Koi is 锦鲤 (jǐnlǐ). The koi carp, luck and perseverance; a koi that leaps the Dragon Gate becomes a dragon.

## Which script should I choose for 锦鲤?

Regular script (楷书) is the one every Chinese reader can read, so it suits a tattoo, a gift or a sign. Running script (行书) looks handwritten and still reads easily. Cursive (草书) is the most beautiful and the hardest to read.

## Is this real calligraphy?

These are brush fonts, made from a calligrapher’s writing, so every copy of a character looks the same. A calligrapher’s own hand changes each stroke with the brush and the ink. For something to keep, such as a tattoo, have a calligrapher write it.

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Brush fonts Ma Shan Zheng, Zhi Mang Xing and Liu Jian Mao Cao, under the SIL Open Font License. Meanings from our own dictionary. Nothing you type is kept.