Questions tagged [character-identification]
Questions about the identification of Chinese characters, especially characters seen in photos and other visual materials.
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This is on the bottom of a bronze vase (Characters identified: 萬歷秊製)
Does anyone know what this means? Would love to know more about the period it was made. Is it an authentic piece or reproduction?
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Looking to identify a watercolour signature (Characters identified: 郭連訓)
Looking to identify a watercolour signature i just purcashed. 1989 made. any help is much appreciated.
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Seal script translation
enter image description hereI have two bronze seals in the form of tigers which I think may be Korean , the first with characters in what I think is Chinese small seal script the second in a normal ...
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Can anyone help translate an artist's seal for me? (Characters identified: 臨摹)
I have an original art print of a Wei Jin tombs brick but I can't get an accurate translation of the artist's seal. Below is a picture of the seal. Thank you to all who reply.
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Please Help Me Identify This Artist's Seal (Characters identified: 清湖)
Artist's seal. Please help me identify artist.
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Can someone tell me what this symbol is. Strongly believed to originated from Hong Kong a long time ago
Inherited this ring and looking to learn more about it.
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船 composed of characters for vessel, 8, and person?
Is 船 (chuán, boat) composed of the characters for vessel, eight, and person? Is this the etymology of 船?
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Soapstone Stamp Translation
I was wondering if someone could help me identify the two characters on the bottom of this soapstone seal? I've tried to work it out, but these characters are quite unfamiliar to me / stylised in a ...
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help identifying artist seal in this abstract painting [duplicate]
Hi there,
I need help identifying artist seal in this painting. Would anyone be able to help?
Thank you.
K.
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Identify Painting Chinese or Japanese? (Characters identified: 華岳 洪氏)
I bought a scroll painting. It looks very old painting. It is a very beautiful painting but I want to know the artist name and what it is written in there.
Kindly help me in identifying this.
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Character differences—just a font variation?
On a Mac, with a pinyin input method, if I type "shen," the first choice offered is what I expect. But if I select it, what goes into the text file looks different. Are the differences ...
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Help translating inscription and seal
I was recently gifted this painting and I’m curious about the painter. A friend said the painting indicates it was done in Autumn 1980, but she couldn’t read the painter or buyers name. I would ...
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What are these two characters?
I need a little help deciphering a document. There are two characters that I'm unsure about, and I would appreciate your expertise. The first one seems to be 鵬, with the 朋 written together, but I'm ...
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Hi I found a teapot and need help
I found a teapot with a maker's mark I'm trying to learn more and find out whose it is. Unfortunately I know nothing about these kind of things, I just thought was cool when I bought it, but would ...
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Can you translate this scroll painting. Signature & words. Thank you
This is a scroll painting of a Rooster. Could you help identify who painted Era and what description. Thank you.
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Painting signature translation (Characters identified: 筠新)
Painting done in China in 1987 by local artist. I've asked many Chinese Nationals to translate, unfortunately no one could. I was always told that it is written in very ancient Chinese.
Any help would ...
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Can anyone help me with the identification of this mark which is located on the bottom of my porcelain bowl?
This underglaze mark assumed to be Chinese is located beneath a fine porcelain bowl that I own. I have no clues as to the actual translation. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Seal on Yixing Teapot (Characters identified: 吳紅芳制)
I found this little teapot at a thrift store today, and am intrigued by the characters on the bottom.
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Two Large (2x2x2) Stone Seals needing transcription (Characters identified: 志在聖賢 爲官心存)
Large Stone Seals needing transcription
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Can anyone help with these markings?
I have bought this bowl in an auction and I'm looking for help with these markings. I've used Google lens but it keeps coming up with allsorts.
Many thank
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Help with paper fan artwork; artist seal information (Characters identified: 滴水成河)
I was helping someone move from an apartment complex a few years ago and found some paper fan art in the dumpster. Can anyone help tell me what I have here and who the artist is or direct me to some ...
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Can anyone decipher this (2)?
Is this one read from right-to-left or left-to-right? I can't tell. Is the rightmost one 八卦穿衣 or 穿衣八卦？ Either way, it doesn't make sense to me. Is the leftmost one 富貴開運 or 開富貴運? Each individual ...
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Please help with translation of inscription on a bone (?) tablet and purpose. Thank you
Chinese characters
Man riding on a Bull
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Can anyone decipher this (1)?
The following is what I found on the door of a shop. I can recognize some of them but not all of them. I think the first four are 國舅手執陰陽板、湘子瑤池品玉簫, the fourth one is 品玉簫, and the sixth 長生酒.
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What does this stamp on my teapot say?
I'm not sure if the orientation is correct but I believe the bottom left symbol might be 制. This is as clear of a shot that I can get of the stamp. Please and thank you.
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I want to know more about this ink painting
Hi recently I got a really nice ink painting and I want to know more about it and not sure if the language is Chinese or Japanese. I am a big fan of art so I am always open to learn more.
If anyone ...
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Can anyone help identify this artist and translate writing?
I am hoping someone can you help translate/identify the artist seal and secondary seal on this painting. Can you also translate the writing at the top as well please?
It was a gift from an investor to ...
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Identifying Chinese Artist of Two Beautiful Artworks (c. 1980s)
I've recently come into possession of two beautiful works of Chinese art, seemingly by the same artist as the seal and artistic style are a definite match. I'd like to identify the artist but have ...
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Seal script identification/translation
Please flag or comment if this type of request is not allowed — from searching on this SE community it seems like these types of questions are fairly common. I've tried some of the links in accepted ...
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What does 欩 [chāo] mean?
Google translates 爷爷上山去欩柴。as, 'Grandad went up the mountain to get firewood.'.
Both Wiktionary and Chinesetools.com include this character, but give no meaning for it. I wondered if it were a rarely ...
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Can't understand the character used in manhua (Character identified: 啪)
Please help me recognise the character used in this screenshot! It's so hard for me 😭
I'm reading "夫人她成了大佬们的团宠" if anyone will be interested 😊
Thanks everyone in advance!
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Help with reading an Inkstone seal (Characters identified: 傳心基命)
I recently acquired a new large inkstone, weighing about 4 pounds and with a fine example of dragon carving. I had to lightly sand off the wax layer on the grind surface, so I know it is a newer ...
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What do these characters on an antique mural painting translate to? (Top middle and upper right are duplicates; only appear once)
This is a screen shot of closeups of each character / seal appearing in the lower left of an antique Chinese mural. The top middle and upper right are duplicates, only appearing once. The order in ...
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Can some one identify the writing a n artist seal in these photos? (Characters identified: 雪居)
I have a scroll that was presented to Braidwood nuclear station in 1985 by Li Peng. Any information is greatly appreciated.
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Translate a signature and Seal on a painting (Characters identified: 甲子春畫 醇士)
Was given a gift by a friend who had these from an uncle who, it was believed visited China around 1960's. I have tried to translate the signature and seal using on line tools with little success. ...
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Chinese old scroll writing seal marks
I would like to know if anyone can translate the red reign seal marks and wording on these old scrolls.
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Name of painter from Chop/Seal (Characters identified: 曹維雲印)
I posted the other day but because it was my first time on the platform I didn't correctly upload the image. Here are the images and the question:
Can you let me know the name of the painter from his ...
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Need help deciphering calligraphy on T-shirt (Characters identified: 龍鳳呈祥)
I'm trying to decipher the calligraphy on this t-shirt. I've tried drawing the characters into Pleco but I can't really tell stroke from embellishment. I'd be grateful if someone could show me the ...
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please help translate the signature! (Characters identified: 大明永樂年施)
This is the signature on the pair sculptures. I translated only one word (the right one) - 大 "big", but other I can't recognize. Please, help
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Seeking Help Deciphering Characters on Small (Lead?) Vase with Teapot Enclosed
I have no skill in reading Chinese characters (hopefully someday) and would be grateful if anyone can help me decipher the writing on this object, which belonged to my grandparents. They traveled to ...
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Individual character identification for cursive(?) script
Hi! I found these being used as bookmarks in my grandmother's old books. My mother said the left-hand character is most likely 愛, but couldn't read the right-hand one. Has anyone got an idea what it ...
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Can anyone help to read the seals?
can anyone help me reading these seals? I found these on three zisha 紫砂 teapots in my local store.
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I would love to know the meaning of this script on a carved box given to me as a gift from a visitor to Singapore. (Characters identified: 珍藏)
This script is engraved on a carved box given to me as a gift Singapore. I would love to know the meaning of this script (pictures attached). Thanks in advance
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Does anyone know what character ⿰彳⿱㚘心 is?
Someone asked me for help with this character. I could not write it down on my keyboard with handwriting, so I looked through my dictionary the old fashioned way for it (Pleco).
I looked at every ...
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What are the identities of these Chinese folk symbols?
I need help identifying the symbols of this image (source):
Google claims these are "traditional oriental Korean symmetrical zen symbols in black symbolizing longevity," but I would like a ...
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How is this Chinese folk symbol related to its definition as a stylization of 禄 or 子?
A common folk symbol listed on Wikipedia is this:
Wikipedia claims this symbol is a "stylisation of the 禄 lù or 子 zi grapheme, respectively meaning "prosperity", "furthering",...
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