New Members Lucas Tan Posted February 28, 2011 at 05:32 AM New Members Report Posted February 28, 2011 at 05:32 AM Hi everyone! Can someone kindly translate these characters? I've got no idea what It Is Here's the picture: Many Thanks! Quote
renzhe Posted February 28, 2011 at 03:35 PM Report Posted February 28, 2011 at 03:35 PM They're Japanese. Quote
skylee Posted February 28, 2011 at 11:32 PM Report Posted February 28, 2011 at 11:32 PM They are? What do they mean? PS - I could only recognise the second last one as 永. If they are Japanese I guess the last one is 沢. I have no idea what the rest are. Quote
renzhe Posted March 1, 2011 at 01:00 AM Report Posted March 1, 2011 at 01:00 AM I thought they might be katakana, but on a closer look they probably aren't. Definitely don't look Chinese in any case. Quote
creamyhorror Posted March 1, 2011 at 01:01 AM Report Posted March 1, 2011 at 01:01 AM They have too many strokes to be kana, and they don't look like kanji/hanzi. I'm guessing they're decorative patterns meant to look like oriental writing. Quote
New Members Lucas Tan Posted March 1, 2011 at 02:28 AM Author New Members Report Posted March 1, 2011 at 02:28 AM Oh their Japanese? I've post this on some sites before & they told me It's Chinese. Anyways, I think I got some of the characters. Here's what I got: __, maybe 示? __, maybe 自? __, no idea... __,maybe 丹? 永, as skylee said. 沢, as skylee said. Any suggestions would be nice Thanks again Quote
roddy Posted March 1, 2011 at 06:56 AM Report Posted March 1, 2011 at 06:56 AM What are they actually on, and what makes you think they mean anything? Quote
jbradfor Posted March 1, 2011 at 02:36 PM Report Posted March 1, 2011 at 02:36 PM You might just need to accept the fact that they are not real writing, and just some marks "inspired" by Chinese or Japanese. Quote
New Members Lucas Tan Posted March 1, 2011 at 03:50 PM Author New Members Report Posted March 1, 2011 at 03:50 PM The characters are engraved on a sword blade (katana/shin gunto) I have. Found It In my attic one day while clearing It out. The sword could have been my grandpa's. Picture of my sword: Sorry everyone, I thought It was a name, meaning or something. Thanks again for everyone's help Quote
Glenn Posted March 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM Report Posted March 2, 2011 at 12:01 AM If nothing else, "katana", "shin no guntou", and "tsukiakari no suzume" are all Japanese. I'm not sure exactly where you got those terms, though. Quote
New Members Lucas Tan Posted March 2, 2011 at 11:33 AM Author New Members Report Posted March 2, 2011 at 11:33 AM "Tsukiakari no suzume" Is my user name on my picture site. and "katana" & "shin gunto" Is the type of sword that engraving Is engraved on (shin gunto (New Army Sword) Is a type of katana used in WW2) because, I asked about my type of sword before & most didn't know what It Is (they knew "katana") hence (katana/shin gunto) just to be sure. Sorry about the confusion. Thanks Quote
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