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japanese sign?
Hello everyone!
I'm new here... just registered to ask you guys a question.. My friend found a sword with a symbol on it.. It looks Japanese, we werent sure though.. Because it also looks like the Greek 'pi' letter. So I was wondering..., could anyone please tell me what it means? thanks a lot! LINK: http://i50.tinypic.com/30j33gm.jpg |
Ahh, that sign is on many knives, too actually. I'm not sure if it's anything to do with 'life' or something, as I don't read Japanese. It only reminds me of 'ka/ga'
And no, it really doesn't look like 'pi'. lol |
I think it's 'ka' written in katakana, but I could be mistaken:smokingbear:
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hahaha sure it does!
the 'stripes' are bend the other way lol :p |
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![]() O_ô I really don't think so. Maybe it's because my mathly developed part of the brain is way far behind and that way I associate math with.. well.. nothing. Quote:
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i learned from a friend who studies japanese about katakana... the japanese
alphabet for foreign words but what does it mean? is it just a letter or a part of a word/pronouncation? oh wait you just said it.. its the 'ka' sound haha! weird though.. why would anyone put that character on a sword? |
It means "knife" in Kanji. The Sino-Japanese pronunciation is "tou".
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カ is more a syllable, not a letter...
It can be part of a word, just like roman letters can be part of a word too But I don't know if it means anything on it's own:o |
Seriously, has no one thought of 刀?
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刀 doesn't exactly look like カ:rolleyes: |
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and Mortry, yeah thats what i meant.. you guys dont really write in letters but in syllables. this is the whole sword: http://i50.tinypic.com/2l5q91.jpg its very sharp.. he found it, burried underneath a tree (with his metal detector in a forest xD ) |
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Is he going to keep the sword? |
yes he is haha!
there was blood too.. he thought but he cleaned it off!!! i told him not to do but he already did, lol... he thought it was nasty and freaky to leave it on hahaha well you find a lot of weird metal things in the ground. are you living in Japan Mortry? in Holland -where I live- a lot of people have MD's haha |
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It is, after all, a really famous Japanese word: katana. It is hands-down, no-question-about-it 刀. And if I could make an amateur evaluation, judging by the fact that there is no guard on the hilt, it's likely a crappy, worthless sword given to a Japanese soldier during WWII. Japan mass-produced poor quality ones during WWII because quality ones take an extremely long time to make (and cost a lot of money!). Since OP hasn't said where he's from in his OP (too lazy to read elsewhere), I'm going to assume he's an American. A lot of American soldiers brought these crummy things home as souvenirs after the war. They're all pretty much worthless. Another way to check on quality is to see how deeply into the hilt the blade extends. It should extend very deeply if it is high quality, because that enhances stability and strength. Edit I see OP hails from the Netherlands. Maybe it was the same soldier situation as with the US? |
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Ik wist niet dat er veel mensen een MD hadden hier:eek: |
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we obviously didnt think it is worth anything.. its just very cool to find a sword, deep in the ground haha.. we think someone has hidden it, years ago because its very unlikely to lose it, i guess. yes well how can you see how deep the blade extends into the hilt? you should break it open right? |
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haha ja je zou je echt verbazen over de hoeveelheid metaaldetector gebruikers ^^ ze hebben ook hun eigen forum (pieppiep.nl) |
@ Kyle,
the park were the sword was found, was found/created AFTER the second world war.. so it could be, that a former soldier burried it after the war.. concerning the condition of the hilt... the sword was held in a scabbard, so it still shines and is preserverd better |
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in een park in den haag ^^
de exacte locatie blijft lekker geheim haha, aangezien we daar al tientalle muntjes en ander leuks gevonden hebben ;) |
Is goed, ik kom toch nooit in Den haag... Woon in Limburg xD
But think we should type English again, so other people will understand too Anyways, were straying from the topic |
Haha ok.. well Limburg is ok to... better weather anyways ;)
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My guess is that it was a souvenir sword, or a cheap reproduction for display or collecting.
Why would a Japanese sword for use have 刀 - essentially SWORD - written on it? |
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It looks a bit too old and oxidized (at least around the hilt) to be your average souvenir/wallhanger sword, but in either case, I can't believe it took more than a page to discern 刀 from katakana カ. orz
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