New Members ChineseBeginner83 Posted July 13, 2019 at 10:44 PM New Members Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 at 10:44 PM Hi All, Does anyone know what the meaning of the character is painted on the side of the shed? Is it even Chinese? I think it might be Japanese. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
889 Posted July 14, 2019 at 06:09 PM Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 at 06:09 PM Did you see this in a CJK country? Elsewhere it's not unusual to see mangled characters, often related to martial arts places. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted July 14, 2019 at 08:55 PM Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 at 08:55 PM This is definitely not a regular character one could find in a dictionary. I'm pretty confident it's not regular Japanese either. I wonder if it has something to do with counting, like the 大写 number characters? Or perhaps it is some kind of logo, 贰产欠 or something like that? My other thought was whether this might be a curse character. I'm curious if anyone knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gharial Posted July 15, 2019 at 01:01 AM Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 at 01:01 AM Maybe it's a mangled 歓 (an old~Japanese variant of 歡 / 欢 huan1, the Japanese On reading would be KAN), which roughly means 'joyous'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted July 15, 2019 at 05:34 AM Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 at 05:34 AM Or maybe 徵 (征) 'expropriate(d)'. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members ChineseBeginner83 Posted July 15, 2019 at 04:17 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted July 15, 2019 at 04:17 PM 22 hours ago, 889 said: 22 hours ago, 889 said: Did you see this in a CJK country? Elsewhere it's not unusual to see mangled characters, often related to martial arts places It's painted on the fence in my friends back garden...been there for years and was there when he moved in. We live in Ireland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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