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Hi everyone,

I am doing some land survey work for a Chinese family. When I was doing the field work at their home I noticed these symbols (attached pictures) in the yard. I asked the lady what they meant but due to the language barrier I didn't really understand. She did say her husband put them (the symbols) in the yard before he died. I thought it would be nice to include the picture (I have a really good one with all three symbols in 1 photo) with my finished work. Can someone please translate what they mean and if I have them right side up. One picture looks like a house so I think it must be a saying about the home. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Posted

The one on the right means "spring", the season.

The middle one means "summer", but it is shown upside down, and some strokes are missing.

The one on the left is simply wrong, I think. But it could be "終“ seen backwards, meaning "the end".

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The character in the first picture is 冬 (meaning winter) with Japanese script フユ(fuyu meaning 'winter') carved on its right.

The others are 春 (spring) and 夏 (summer).

I wonder why Katakana フユ was used instead of Hiragana ふゆ...

Posted

The one on the left could be 冬 (winter) with some additional strokes.

Posted

I agree with Guoke. It did not occur to me that there could be katakana in a picture that I thought containing Chinese only.

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I am doing some land survey work for a Chinese family.

Are you sure they are Chinese? :roll::lol:

I mean, with all the ふゆ、なつ、はる... :wink:

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