What?

[symbolism]

can any one tell me what this means?

 

[doinkies]

That is the kanji for やつ (yatsu), which is usually used to mean "guy" nowadays, but historically meant "(male) slave" or "manservant".

 

[Gaijinian]

Or "thing"
... or maybe not?

 

[GaijinPunch]

Or "thing"
... or maybe not?

Thing works.

 

[Gaijinian]

Thoght so, but I was not exactly sure it used the kanji.

 

[cursore]

奴 【やつ】
(vulg) fellow,guy,chap,(P)

I simply love David H translator....

 

[Mike Cash]

窶忝 ﾂ【窶堙｢窶堙つ】
(vulg) fellow,guy,chap,(P)
I simply love David H translator....

Any relation to Jesus H christ?

 

[Grandpa Frank]

Hummm??

Looks like it would make a "great" tattoo ?

Uncle frank

 

[blade_bltz]

Yatsu is one of my favorite words in the entire language

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Another phonetic symbol.
"YAKKO"
It is a manservant of a samurai family of the Edo era .

"窶忝窶佚ｺ(YAKKO DAKO)"
The kite which imitated YAKKO

"窶忝窶慊､窶｢窶ｦ(YAKKO TOUFU)"
Because a pattern of clothes of YAKKO is square,
Square tofu is "YAKKO TOUFU"