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[GabrielMZ54]

Chase/follow + dream

By some idjit who just looked up individual kanji and thought he was writing Japanese, no doubt.

Yours?

Thank you. Not my tattoo but thought I was cool and maybe could get it but lack of meaning kept me from getting it.

 

[musicisgood]

撃銃

Does this me gun?
and is this right? じゅうげき

 

[Toritoribe]

The order of the kanji is opposite. じゅうげき is 銃撃. じゅうげき/銃撃 refers to the action "shooting", not the gun. Where did you see the word 撃銃?

 

[musicisgood]

米高校でまた銃撃
I saw it here
米高校でまた銃撃
I know it says America and student and (gun ?) but what does mata mean here also?

The order of the kanji is opposite. じゅうげき is 銃撃. じゅうげき/銃撃 refers to the action "shooting", not the gun. Where did you see the word 撃銃?

 

[Toritoribe]

Look at it more carefully. The order of the kanji is opposite in your initial post.
高校 is high school, not student. また means "again" (you can look it up in the dictionary, no?), so it says "A shooting (happened) again at a high school in the US."

 

[musicisgood]

Look at it more carefully. The order of the kanji is opposite in your initial post.
高校 is high school, not student. また means "again" (you can look it up in the dictionary, no?), so it says "A shooting (happened) again at a high school in the US."

Thanks Tori

 

[ZSni]

Hello! Would you mind telling me if this looks like anything you know? I drew it from memory so it could definitely be inaccurate.

 

[joadbres]

Would you mind telling me if this looks like anything you know?

東 ?

Or perhaps this: 吏

 

[Mike Cash]

Or 車

 

[ZSni]

It might be 吏, which means renew right?

 

[Toritoribe]

Not really. It's "public servant/government official in lower rank".
更新 can mean "renew/update", so you meant 更 by any chance? (Note that the kanji compound word 更新 can have that meaning, but the single kanji 更 can't.)

 

[ZSni]

Well, I must say I think I'm at a loss haha. If only I knew for sure what it was. Thank you all so much for help.

 

[Mike Cash]

Well, I must say I think I'm at a loss haha. If only I knew for sure what it was. Thank you all so much for help.

Next time, take a picture.

There are countless millions of kanji to be seen in countless places. What was it about that one that drew your attention?

 

[ZSni]

To be honest I saw it in a dream. It was just so specific I thought I'd try and see if it was real. Evidently its also a Chinese character. I'd never realized the the extent of the similarities between the alphabets until today.

 

[joadbres]

Evidently its also a Chinese character.

No. What you drew is not a Chinese character nor a Japanese character (which were borrowed from China, by the way, hence the similarities). There are thousands of Chinese characters. It's not hard to draw a collection of random lines and have it resemble several of them.

 

[ZSni]

I was referring to this: 更
Not the one I drew.

 

[joadbres]

I see.

Yes, many of the Japanese kanji are also characters in China, including all of the ones that have been mentioned in this thread since your first post. The characters originated in China.

 

[ZSni]

I think that's really fascinating. Anyways thanks again for your help!

 

[GnarlyCharly]

Hi, may I ask for help? Thanks in advance.

 

[joadbres]

Hi, may I ask for help? Thanks in advance.

隼
はやぶさ
hayabusa
peregrine falcon

 

[GnarlyCharly]

隼
はやぶさ
hayabusa
peregrine falcon

Thank you kindly.

 

[GnarlyCharly]

Dear Friends,
What does my shirt read? Am I allowed to wear it in public LOL.

 

[Mike Cash]

View attachment 26581 Dear Friends,
What does my shirt read? Am I allowed to wear it in public LOL.

Never ending class warfare

 

[rafciozarzec]

Hello, could You translate the words on these pictures?

 

[Toritoribe]

八重垣
Yaegaki

汐汲
Shiokumi

Are those the title of a doll or something? Seems like the titles of Noh , Kabuki or Japanese dancing program. (I interpreted the second kanji of the second picture from the title.)