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Can someone identify this Kanji please? - Taioron - 2013-07-25
I recently saw a Kanji, and it has been years since I studied Japanese, so I'm having trouble identifying what the Kanji means. I drew it out to the best of my ability, please forgive the poor form, had I been using a brush in real life instead of on the computer it probably would have looked better. I remember from when I studied for just 1 semester, we were taught the difference between a stroke that was a "brush" and one that "stopped", that was how the teacher put it. In the Kanji I'm talking about, the bottom left line was a "brush"(it did *not* abruptly end) while the right bottom line "stopped".
If this looks even *close* to something, please tell me so I can research it. I probably didn't get it drawn very accurately, but I tried.
Thank you for your time and help!
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m556/Taioron/Kanjidrawing.png
Can someone identify this Kanji please? - EratiK - 2013-07-25
Only things remotely close to what you drawn I can think of are 頁, 具, 真, 貞, 貢, 貫.
Can someone identify this Kanji please? - Taioron - 2013-07-25
Thank you for the quick reply, I will look into each one of those!
Can someone identify this Kanji please? - Taioron - 2013-07-25
The first one you posted is the closest, but I'm going to post an actual photo of it now. It's a tattoo that I saw, and unless the person giving the tattoo did it incorrectly(which I know is 100% possible), the one in the photo has an extra, 3rd line inside, instead of just 2. Sorry the quality is so bad, that's why I originally just drew it.
http://i1131.photobucket.com/albums/m556/Taioron/tattoo2.jpg
Can someone identify this Kanji please? - Vempele - 2013-07-25
Could it be Chinese? 真 http://cojak.org/index.php?function=code_lookup&term=771F (see the stroke order animation)
Can someone identify this Kanji please? - HarbingerVX - 2013-07-25
Vempele is right, it's a simplified Hanzi. I suppose it could also be a Kanji but I just started Japanese so I'm not sure on that.
Can someone identify this Kanji please? - Tzadeck - 2013-07-25
I think it's 真, or 'truth.' I think the middle being attached to the bottom and having three strokes inside is a variation even in Japanese. The top, however, is drawn wrong on the tattoo, unless the Chinese is different--it should protrude through the top. The bottom of the top piece tilting to the left is how it's usually written, so that's not weird.
Err, tis late, so I might not be explaining this well.