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What does this symbol mean?
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2014/12/6 03:09
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I bought this pendant about ten years ago from a street vendor while on a trip to Japan with my parents. I've always wondered what it meant. The vendor gave me the impression it was vaguely inappropriate, but he spoke very little English so I may be wrong about that. Thanks for any help you can offer! http://i1174.photobucket.com/albums/r620/StogieNinja/1E66FDA6-2A30-484...
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by Derek (guest)
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2014/12/6 08:24
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To me it looks like a brushstroke version of Žõ (pronounced "kotobuki" or "ju"), meaning happiness.
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by ... (guest)
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2014/12/6 09:51
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Thanks for the reply! In a quick google image search I've noticed this particular Kanji shows up pretty infrequently. Does it have a particular connotation or association in use?
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by Derek (guest)
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2014/12/6 11:13
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It's "happiness" on a life-event scale... if you know what I mean. So a Žõ occasion may be a marriage, when people turn 77, 80, 88, 90, 99, or 100 year old (by the old counting method) in Japan, or something of the sort. It is a kanji often used for pendants and other accessories, though. It may be more widely used in the Chinese language.
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by AK
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2014/12/6 13:45
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In a quick google image search I've noticed this particular Kanji shows up pretty infrequently
Did you mean that it comes up frequently (rather than infrequently)? Because Kotobuki is one of those kanji that you tend to see all the time.
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