Thursday, August 29, 2013

Brief Information About Asian Writing Symbols

By Takamitsu Hairi


Kanji symbols are among the commonly used type of symbols in the Japanese practice of tattooing. Really they are some ideograms that can convey an entire concept or signify a particular thing. These symbols are formed using several marks which are selected very carefully. Because of their weird artistic pull, they can be easily identified.

Kanji symbols have become the dearest choice of tattoo admirers.Kanji symbols dominate the decorations most of the ornaments. Today, practice of embellishing lamps and wall hangings with these type of symbols also has become fashionable.

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

Yes, it is a truth that many people have been trapped tattooing with the inappropriate symbols, relying upon their external meaning. later, they came to know that those symbols didn't express what they expected, rather they had a blush-making sense which they never liked.

You must be able to take in the Japanese language to comprehend the meaning of every Kanji symbol. If not you are going to make the same mistake that some tattoo admirers made, swallowing the miscalculations of some non-native speakers and tattooing with symbols that made them signed with the identification marks of ancient age criminals.

The history surrounding kanji symbols is extremely rich and so is the symbolism that it carries. Not all Kanji experts today are tattoo artists. Rather they take to the script as a means of fine art as they play with the script in order to compose a brilliant piece of art.

The real glory of the Kanji symbols lies in the unaltered acceptance and appeal they have preserved throughout their history. It is so old that the introduction of Chinese characters into Japanese language happened before 15 centuries. Until today, this great art has been enticing masses of people around the world.

The beauty of life is superbly illustrated in the Kanji symbols and they have got a compassionate attractiveness among the people. In fact Kanji symbols are the perennial expressions of the endless human imagination.

It has been remarked that the germs of the kanji symbols that we see today are embedded in human experience. For example the kanji symbol for peace depicts an abstracted line drawing of a woman under a roof representing shelter. Among 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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