Thanks for dropping by to say howdy, StonerPenguin! Good to see you again. When JF was down, a couple of other Japanese members and I were wondering if our location had anything to do with our inability to access it. Looks like it didn't, did it? Anyway, whenever you have new questions, you know where to go. YuriTokoro will answer'em all for ya! :D

Right now I'm kinda busy fighting drooling romaji-users here:
http://www.japanforum.com/forum/gene...ge-%28%3D.html

whats the kanji symbol for "intense" ? as in "Intense Power"

thanks! what is the difference between that and this? 強烈なパワー

and this?

It means something like ferocious, aggressive power....very similar meaning.

Is anyone familiar with a kanji that looks like 胖 except that the right half is 半 instead? I'm trying to help a friend whose mother had a Chinese name created for her years and years ago when they lived in China. If I could just TYPE the kanji, I could check online Chinese dictionaries myself. I'm hoping a Japanese person (or one of the Chinese speaking people here) is aware of this kanji (unless it's Chinese only—then let's call it a hanzi).

I can't find it in my dictionaries with 半 but only with the similar-looking right half.

Thanks! To me it looks like 月＋半 rather than using にくづき.

Even if you don't know it, can you type it for me? I can't find it online, I don't know the reading, and I can't get it to appear with the handwriting input.

こんにちは。取り急ぎ、ご要望の活字を送ります。

胖

Did you read the question?

I do not think the kanji/hanzi you described exists in Japanese, at least not currently.

What are you looking at for your description? A handwritten hanzi or an oral explanation of the components? Also, do you have the pinyin?