Need help finding Japanese symbols.

[theforce]

Hi mates,
I was searching some websites for hours trying to find Japanese symbols and found nothing http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/frown.gif
Anyone who happens to know a site whcich has japanese symbols and what the mean?
Thnaks for helping.

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[ishikawa2]

More info may be needed: are asking about "Kanji" (ideographs mainly borrowed from Chinese); "Hiragana" (phonetics for Japanese words) or "Katakana" (phonetics for words borrowed from other languages)

???
Start here: http://www.kanji.org/kanji/japanese/writing/outline.htm
and here http://www.joyo96.org/
and if you are really serious go here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0804820368/joyo96/103-0266873-7427805

(Caveat: I am not an authority. These are simply the results from a quick google search for "japanese kanji chart" or "japanese kana chart". Native speakers or language scholars invited to chime in with better references.)



[This message has been edited by ishikawa2 (edited 08-08-2001).]

[Tachikaze]

Or maybe he means mon (family crests).

[ishikawa2]

OK... if you mean "mon", here is a fascinating page full of various "mon" ...
all from the official list of "boryokudan" or criminal gangs: http://www1a.mesh.ne.jp/BOUTSUI/english/e-bou1/e-3.htm http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/biggrin.gif

...I know, I know... probably not what you had in mind... http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif

How about "Japanese Family Crests" at http://www.netpersons.co.jp/kamon/

[theforce]

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[Koga No Goshi]

If you guys want to see a complete list of the flags for Takeda and Uesugi (including all major retainers' flags), check this out:
http://home.istar.ca/~wko/samurai_flags.html



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[ishikawa2]

"...the best..." ??? Don't leave us hanging.
Which did you want: how to read/write, or the "mon"? When you said "symbols" and "what they mean" I got the idea at first that you were looking for an on-line dictionary. But after Tachikaze pointing pointed it out, asking about "mon" was also possible. Come clean... which?

cheers.

Koga -- Excellent resource! I had seen that page long ago and somehow lost my reference. ( I used to paint 25mm samurai myself, but my painting skills were not up to the task of doing large numbers of sashimono. I did a very few banner carriers with some made-up stuff, but this reference is great.)

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[ishikawa2]

...another good reference for "mon" stuff: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Garage/4464/Kamon1.html

Do it yourself version: go to www.google.com (http://www.google.com) and search for "japanese family crest mon kamon"

[theforce]

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