An Intro To Asian Writing Symbolism

By Takamitsu Hairi


Japanese Kanji symbols are easily recognized because of their artistic appearance. These ideographical characters are made out of carefully selected marks that represent a whole concept or object. It is a particularly expressive script that looks to have an strong aesthetic appeal.

Throughout the years, Kanji symbols have been the first option for all tattoo maniacs. Designing of Kanji symbols can be widely found in ornaments like bangles, necklaces and earrings. Even the lanterns and wall hangings are adorned with Kanji symbols these days.

You can make use of Kanji symbols to create and express any idea that you would like. The construction 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.

Yes, it is a fact that too much people have been meshed tattooing with the inappropriate symbols, relying upon their outer meaning. later, they came to know that those symbols didn't convey what they expected, moreover they had a blush-making meaning which they never liked.

You need to be able to understand the Japanese language in order to realize the meaning of every Kanji symbol. Otherwise you will make the same mistake that some tattoo admirers made, believing the miscalculations of some non-native speakers and tattooing with symbols that made them signed with the identification marks of old age criminals.

The history of kanji symbols is extremely rich and also the symbolism that it carries. Not all Kanji specialists today are tattoo artists. Instead they take to the script as a way of fine art as they play with the script in order to compose a marvelous piece of art.

The brilliance of the Kanji symbols is in the fact that they have carried on retaining their attraction throughout the ages. The introduction of Chinese characters into the Japanese language happened in the fifth century. These age old characters known as Kanji have preserved their creative power up to today.

Another reason is there for the wide acceptance of this art - the illustration of the beauty of life. It holds an unexplainable appeal to the human sense. In other words, Kanji symbols are actually a embodiment of human resourcefulness.

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