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Kanji sign on t-shirt - 03-28-2011, 04:43 PM

What does it mean?



It is not a flower!
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03-28-2011, 04:48 PM

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What does it mean?



It is not a flower!
That is not a kanji as anyone could tell. It's a designed character meaning "Spring".

The original kanji is .


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03-28-2011, 05:02 PM

supposed to be haru by using the flower at the bottom it's kind of a "play on words" almost


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supposed to be haru by using the flower at the bottom it's kind of a "play on words" almost
But haru is a Korean word for 'day'. Japanese one is hi (日). Am I mistaken? You confused me you know I know something about nihongo but I don't have any faith in my 'wisdom' ^^
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03-28-2011, 05:52 PM

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But haru is a Korean word for 'day'. Japanese one is hi (日). Am I mistaken? You confused me you know I know something about nihongo but I don't have any faith in my 'wisdom' ^^
The Japanese word for spring is



pronounced "haru". Korean has no place in this conversation.
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03-28-2011, 06:06 PM

ah sumimasen i misunderstood by thinking that he/she meant the word 'day' alone, not the 'spring'. Cuz in this kanji there is a small kanji-day- replaced by the flower ;D
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