Since it’s winter and cold outside, I have been thinking about one of things a friend was talking about: I wonder if Japanese Kanji’s mean something stupid.
I have thought about as well – are old symbols still relevant? I am currently studying the Norse Runes. I have also taken a Mandarin language class. I don’t know much about Japanese, but I will assume it follows the same relavency, which I will discuss..
I will start with the Norse Runes. Someone may ask “Do you think the Heathen of old, would see this as just the alphabet in a circle?”. That opinion seems very childish. Heck, no! To the Norse, the runes have power and magic. If you have them on something its is a show of respect for them.
The next one I will talk about is Mandarin. If you take a language class that teaches you how to write simplified Chinese. The Chinese find their language beautiful. They also have all kind of rules on how to make each line in the character. If you create the character in the wrong direction, some people can tell.
My understanding is if you only speak Mandarin, people who only speak Cantonese will not be able to understand you, and vice versa. This is however not true in writing. The character is the same in both Mandarin and Cantonese. If this is correct people who do not speak the same language, could communicate by writing it down. With this information. I would again think this is a show of respect to the language.
Simplified Chinese character for dragon
I would like to be able to provide information about Japanese. I don’t think it would be any different than Norse or simplified Chinese. This is a show of respect to their language, and you connect to their language.
Japanese Kanji for Dragon
Before I would get anything tattooed on my body I would research it. If it looks like the image below, I would probably not get it! 🙂
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