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Hey /his/ I have this old wax seal and would like to use it but I have no idea what it says. Is there anyone here who can translate it for me? Googles translations are quite... unintelligible.
Pic related.
The base as well.
/int/ might be able to help you more than /his/
>>1124477
Looks Japanese. Would help a bit if first pic wasn't so blurry. The second pic you posted is also upside down.
>>1124480
Looks like a Japanese name, Nishioku
>>1124816
How can you tell the difference between hanzi and kanji?
>>1125070
There seems to be some hiragana (like ゐ for example) there as well.
>>1124477
I'm not too familiar with Japanese, but there are some definite Chinese characters in there, like 有, which means have.
>http://ce.linedict.com/dict.html#/cnen/home
Use this to verify that if it actually is chinese by just writing the characters in
>>1124480
It's upside down. 西奥
西 - West/Spain
奥 - inside
It might mean different things altogether.
>>1124477
It says you're a faggot
>>1125970
Chink detected, it's obviously Japanese characters, idiot.
>>1126030
Nigga that's straight Chinese 草書
>>1126030
Because apparently a chink is somehow unqualified to tell the fucking difference between Chinese and Japanese.
Do you even know what Japanese characters look like, idiot?
OP here,
Here's a more in focus image of the front of the seal.
龍
聰/聪 明(?) 才 智
? ? 人 品 ? 有
有 神 ? ? 人 ?
>>1128761
龍 dragon
聰明才智 Intelligence and wisdom
Other words are too ugly to read
龍 (Dragon)
有神象動人物 (There is image of the deities which makes a person moving.)
風訊人品言有(Wind asks dignity of the person. To be said there is)
聰明才智(clever and intelligence)
西奧(Xī ào, transliteration of English personal name "Theo" probably)
