Re: Fuku kanji puzzle


"Ben Bullock" <benkasminbullock@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:ec1t3n$8vn$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I found the following photo on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jannem/216623866/

The photographer claims "A carved wall in a Chinese restaurant in Shinsaibashi, Osaka. They're all the same character (meaning luck, wealth or blessing), but in styles from differing eras."

Now, I happened to have a copy of a character dictionary nearby:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bnz/217665437/

and I don't see anything similar to the characters at positions [1,3] or [2,2] in the character dictionary.

Are these really forms of "fuku"?

Yes, that's right, all are character variants for what you said. In some books, you see the 百福全圖 , and there is one for 壽 or longevity as well. That, unsurprisingly is called a 百壽全圖.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylwhs/218013808/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dylwhs/218013809/

I don't think that your dictionary will list them all. Maybe the commoner variants.

Dyl.

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