Why that kanji for your forum avatar?

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Reply #26 - 2008 July 17, 1:38 am
joshwa02 New member
From: Japan Registered: 2008-04-20 Posts: 4

Because my last name is ブリジャアス, I have to use 鰤(ぶり) if I want to keep my name under 4 Kanjis

Reply #27 - 2008 July 17, 2:47 am
nac_est Member
From: Italy Registered: 2006-12-12 Posts: 617 Website

I can't see woodwojr's and  sfekas' avatars. Is it just me?

Reply #28 - 2008 July 17, 3:20 am
donbert New member
From: Orlando, FL, USA Registered: 2007-05-13 Posts: 9

My avatar is one of those technical species kanji.　獺 means "otter." I find otters incredibly cute, hence the avatar smile

Before it was 蜩, or ひぐらし, a Japanese cicada, which is part of the title of one of my favorite anime ひぐらしのなく頃に

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Reply #29 - 2008 July 17, 4:08 am
phauna Member
From: Tokyo Registered: 2007-12-25 Posts: 500 Website

I like fish.

Reply #30 - 2008 July 17, 4:08 am
dilandau23 Member
From: Japan Registered: 2006-09-13 Posts: 330

Because this seemed like a fun thread and I hadn't been using one till now.  It's the first kanji in my name if I were to write it in kanji.

Reply #31 - 2008 July 17, 4:14 am
liosama Member
From: sydney Registered: 2008-03-02 Posts: 896

I didn't really do much research on mine, i just e-dict'ed for "olive tree' and took out the first kanji from

橄欖    【かんらん】        (n) (1) (uk) Chinese white olive (Canarium album), (2) olive (Olea europea) (used as an incorrect translation)

I figured if there exits a kanji for Palestine (for which there does not afaik), if I were to make one up, i'd have an olive in it ^_^

Reply #32 - 2008 July 17, 4:20 am
QuackingShoe Member
From: USA Registered: 2008-04-19 Posts: 721

donbert wrote:

Before it was 蜩, or ひぐらし, a Japanese cicada, which is part of the title of one of my favorite anime ひぐらしのなく頃に

Cheers!

Nerdtastic reasons. Haruhi Suzumiya, and 鬱 is a fugly character. I've always like the word  'melancholy' anyway. It's ridiculously melodramatic. I also just find it amusing that the word 憂鬱 has three うs in a row.

Reply #33 - 2008 July 17, 7:26 am
hknamida Member
From: Sweden Registered: 2007-08-16 Posts: 222 Website

Because it's my name.

Maybe I'll change it to something more "nerdtastic", too, though.

Reply #34 - 2008 July 17, 7:32 am
skinnyneo Member
Registered: 2007-03-07 Posts: 148

My favorite number...

Reply #35 - 2008 July 17, 8:56 am
tuuli Member
From: new york Registered: 2007-11-10 Posts: 44

tuuli means "wind" in Finnish

Reply #36 - 2008 July 17, 10:08 am
Murten Member
From: Karlstad, Sweden Registered: 2007-09-09 Posts: 46

The special thing here is that I usually dont like the 夕-element but in this one its not only ok, but for some reason it makes a perfect finish to the kanji, adds some harmony to it, and really gives me the image of dreaming, that too something pleasant smile