New Members Seven Seas Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:14 AM New Members Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:14 AM I have inherited a pair of Chinese cufflinks, probably from Hong Kong, that features characters that I cannot find in any dictionary, no matter how hard I try. They aren't very complicated, perhaps somebody here can recognize them? Thank you in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:28 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:28 AM http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E7%A6%8F http://www.archchinese.com/chinese_english_dictionary.html?find=%E5%AF%BF 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Seven Seas Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:45 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:45 AM Thank you very much! Why would the cufflink character have a vertical stroke through the right upper part of the 福 character? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Seven Seas Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:47 AM Author New Members Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 at 09:47 AM Thank you! Why would the cufflink character of 福 have a vertical stroke through the upper right part of the character? Is it a handwriting feature? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
li3wei1 Posted June 10, 2016 at 10:07 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 at 10:07 AM It's not an extra stroke, it's the first stroke of the tiny square, but it's extended. They've done the same thing in the lower half of the other character. Probably a style thing. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted June 10, 2016 at 10:29 AM Report Share Posted June 10, 2016 at 10:29 AM It may be more than just style. If those characters are first formed then somehow fixed to the cufflink plate, then they'd best be formed as a single unit, othewise you'd have to separately form and fix that single stroke. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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