Year of the Rat in Japanese Calligraphy — 10 Hand-Brushed Designs

子年 (nezumidoshi)

The Japanese word 子年 meaning "Year of the Rat" is composed of the kanji 子 (read nezumi) meaning "sign of the rat" (though more commonly it means "child") and 年 (read doshi) meaning "year". If you are looking for a design for the cute little four-legged furry creature then consider using 鼠 Rat (nezumi).

Verify: 子年 in the Japanese-English Dictionary

Year of the Rat (子年) in Block style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Block Vertical VB2C

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Block Vertical VB3C

Year of the Rat (子年) in Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Cursive Vertical VC2B

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Cursive Vertical VC3B

Year of the Rat (子年) in Semi-Cursive style Japanese calligraphy by Eri Takase

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS2C

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3C

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Semi-Cursive Vertical VS3D

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Block Horizontal HB2A

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Cursive Horizontal HC2A

Year of the Rat 子年 nezumidoshi Semi-Cursive Horizontal 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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