Patience in Japanese Calligraphy — 12 Hand-Brushed Designs

忍耐 nintai Patience

The Japanese word 忍耐 also means "perseverance" and is is composed of the kanji 忍 (read nin) meaning "endure; bear; put up with; conceal; secret; spy" and 耐 (read tai) meaning "endure, enduring".

Patience (忍耐) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Block VB2C

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Block VB4C

Patience (忍耐) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Cursive VC2B

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Cursive VC3B

Patience (忍耐) in Design style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Design VD3B

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Design VD4B

Patience (忍耐) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Semi-Cursive VS2C

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Semi-Cursive VS3C

Patience 忍耐 nintai Vertical Semi-Cursive VS4C

Patience 忍耐 nintai Horizontal Cursive HC2A

Patience 忍耐 nintai Horizontal Design HD2A

Patience 忍耐 nintai Horizontal Semi-Cursive HS2A

About the Designs

Each design is Master Japanese Calligrapher Eri Takase's hand-brushed calligraphy of the word or phrase on this page, delivered as a PDF you can print. Every PDF includes the line art, so a tattoo artist or a craftsperson can work from the outline as well as the brushed image.

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