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leah1 -

Hi,

I have a symbol on a plate and I don't have a clue what it means. Could someone please tell me if:
1- It is Chinese? If not any ideas
2- Does it mean anything?

Thank you very much for your help.

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ChineseSpeaker -

I am a native Chinese, but I can not recognise it.

I think it is a Chinese character, but since Chinese language has an history of serveral thousands
years, many character shape is radically different from its origin










roddy -

Looks like a poor attempt to copy or invent a Chinese character rather than anything I know.
Perhaps it's meant to be 丙? But I can't see why you'd have that on the bottom of a plate, and it
doesn't even look that much like it.










JimmySeal -

Looks like 取 to me. Dunno if it's a bad copy or an actual historical form.










HashiriKata -



Quote:

But I can't see why you'd have that on the bottom of a plate

Although I can't tell whether it's on the bottom of the plate but I can tell from the strokes of
the character that the character is an imitation by someone who is not very good at writing
characters (and who may not even know characters).










JimmySeal -

It appears to be the middle of the upper side of the plate, which some could call the bottom, not
to be confused with the underside. I didn't do an apprenticeship in pottery for nothin.










Tommi -

Perhaps it coukld be this: 朿










leah1 -

Hello,

Thanks you for your quick replies. The plate was made in England and painted in England and it is
very likely that the person who decorated it didn't know a word of Chinese or whatever language it
may be (very much like myself!!). The symbol is on the front of the plate so is obviously meant to
be seen and I guess mean something. Would somebody just invent a random symbol?? Any more ideas
and translations in English, even a guess, greatly apreciated. Thanks Leah










skylee -

I see 取.










roddy -

It's like a Rorschach test . . . what does everyone else see in the random cluster of strokes?












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