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JimmySeal -

l think it's pretty unmistakably 取. It means “take.”



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HashiriKata -

Those who are familiar with Japan know that Japanese often have (usually meaningless/ irrelevant)
English phrases printed on things simply for aesthetic values. I think this example here is a
Western equivalent. I therefore don't try to guess what character the drawing could possibly
originates from, but the direction the topmost stroke runs precludes it being 取.










leah1 -

Thank you very much for all your answers. It's very kind. Leah










Quest -

It's a badly written 取.










roddy -

Maybe it's just because it's the first one I got into my head, but I don't see why it can't be a
badly written 丙。 Looks as close to that as to 取 to me.










leah1 -

Hi Roddy,
What does the symbol that you think it may be mean in English? Is it a more apropriate work than
"take"?
Thanks










roddy -

not really, see here.










adrianlondon -

It could be someone writing "E T R" and trying to make it look Chinese-y.










imron -

I really don't see 取 at all, are the people that see 取 basing that on what it looks like in
seal-script or something?










JimmySeal -

Nothing to do with seal script. The first thing I noticed was the 又 on the right, though the
first stroke has a blip at the beginning and ends too soon.
And for the 耳 part, the second stroke starts way too far down and the other strokes are messy,
but it's recognizable.

Here's the plate again, and I've overlaid it in MS paint to show how it looks like 取:


A Japanese person in my office also immediately identified it as 取 right now. It couldn't be 丙
because the 冂 would be split in half and bent on one side, there's an extra stroke on the left
side, and a vertical line down the middle.

Then again it could just be someone trying to make ETR look like 取, which reminds me of this:
eekanji












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