Tony23 Posted December 7, 2019 Report Share Posted December 7, 2019 Can anyone please tell me if this writing is Japanese? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linguaholic Posted December 8, 2019 Report Share Posted December 8, 2019 On 12/7/2019 at 3:03 PM, Tony23 said: Can anyone please tell me if this writing is Japanese? Thanks Expand It is Chinese, "xuān huā cǎo". It is probably a reference to the flower Hemerocallis fulva However, it seems that the second and third character are in reversed order. If it is indeed the flower Hemerocallis fulva that we are talking about here, then it should be 宣草花 rather than 宣花草. As the "drawing" of the characters is not very accurate anyways, I guess this could very well just be a mistake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huayuan Posted December 12, 2019 Report Share Posted December 12, 2019 On 12/8/2019 at 7:10 AM, linguaholic said: It is Chinese, "xuān huā cǎo". It is probably a reference to the flower Hemerocallis fulva However, it seems that the second and third character are in reversed order. If it is indeed the flower Hemerocallis fulva that we are talking about here, then it should be 宣草花 rather than 宣花草. As the "drawing" of the characters is not very accurate anyways, I guess this could very well just be a mistake. Expand As it's inscribed on something, I think the chance to get two characters in reversed order might be small. It should mean to be 萱花草, yes the Hemerocallis fulva: 萱花草，又名萱草，俗名:忘忧草 The flower language: 1) Forget your sadness; 2) Thank you mum. 3) Hide some of your complicated feelings... BTW, on what surface was this inscribed on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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