Monday, August 26, 2013

An Essential Overview Of Oriental Writing Symbols

By Takamitsu Hairi


Kanji symbols are among the commonly used sort of symbols in the Japanese practice of tattooing. In fact they are some ideograms that can convey an entire concept or symbolize a certain substance. These symbols are created using several marks which are selected very carefully. Because of their exceptional aesthetic pull, they can be easily identified.

Over the years the kanji script became a favourite choice for people interested in getting tattoos. The use of the script can also be seen in a lot of other fashion items like lockets, necklaces, earrings and bangles. Even interior decoration elements including lamps and wall hangings highlight Japanese Kanji symbols in today's times.

You can use Kanji symbols to create and express any idea that you would like. The structure of the script is however entirely different to that of English and so one needs to understand how a specific word would come out in the kanji script.

Many people have gotten themselves tattooed with a kanji symbol based on the way they appear only to find out later that the word represented in the script has a rather embarrassing meaning. Thus people have actually been stamped with a rather embarrassing thing for life. This is something that you would want to avoid.

The problem is that, in the absence of enough knowledge in the Japanese language you won't be able to understand the thrust of any Kanji symbol. Tattoo fans repeatedly end up in these kind of errors when they believe some non-native speakers of the Japanese language to understand the message of Kanji symbols. They tattoo themselves with inappropriate symbols, not knowing the fact that they are marking themselves criminals as the symbols were used in ancient times.

Kanji symbols and the symbolism they exhibit have a history of centuries. Kanji experts of today are not tattoo experts because they are just creating an enchanting piece of art out of these symbols and scripts.

The real glory of the Kanji symbols lies in the unaltered acceptance and attraction they have preserved all through their history. It is so old that the introduction of Chinese characters into Japanese language occurred before 15 centuries. Until now, this great art has been attracting masses of people all over the world.

These ideographic characters truly express the beauty of life in the amusing use of strokes. Kanji symbols appear to have a very humanitarian communicative appeal to the masses through their images. The fact that the kanji symbols were themselves a outcome of unspoiled human creativity is what gives them the timeless appeal.

It has been observed that the roots of the kanji symbols that we see today are implanted in human experience. For instance the kanji symbol for peace portrays an abstracted line drawing of a woman under a roof representing shelter. Amongst the most famous Kanji symbols is the one which reads "FUKU". This means fortune and comfort. "Gaku" is another popular symbol which signifies happiness.




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