I saw what I believe to be a kanji on a pot at work today this is what it looked like.

primitives top to bottom :ten, one (connected with one at bottom) then a combination of early and old (mouth ten mouth)
and then it is repeat next to it
so kinda like


t t ten
- - one

o o mouth
t t ten
o o mouth


im really interested to know what this means so if you know please reply

Perhaps it was 喜ぶ ?

That's not exactly what you describe (it has one more stroke, among other things), but it's the closest thing I can find.

囍?

If that's what you're looking for, Misha had it party right. It's a Chinese character - made up of two 喜s。 It's quite common in China - you'll see it on everything from doors to cigarette packages.

More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Happ...lligraphy)

It's the Chinese character for "double happiness." It represents love, happiness and hope, and is associated with weddings. Check out http://chineseculture.about.com/library/...20799a.htm for more.