Original Usenet thread from rec.arts.ascii, started 12 Jun 1995.
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Line: Japanese(?) text; Question: What does this mean?
rec.arts.ascii
· 5 messages · 12 Jun 1995 - 18 Jun 1995
Anyone can tell me what this means? It's probably japanese
b,
?8b
`8P
,pgggggggoooooogg,
d8 `~~~' ,_ jP'
,jP' )8b `8b ~
~ ,8P' ____ ?8b
~ `8888b `~'
dP'
,gggggj88888888bggggg,
'~~~~~~
,ggggggpoooo
`~~~~b,
?8b
8gggpj888888P~
88)
,gggj88888888bggo=
`~~' 88)
88'
,8P
?88P
thanx!
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This means karate and read "karate" Laybe On 12 Jun 1995, Seal do Mar wrote: > > Anyone can tell me what this means? It's probably japanese > > b, > ?8b > `8P > ,pgggggggoooooogg, > d8 `~~~' ,_ jP' > ,jP' )8b `8b ~ > ~ ,8P' ____ ?8b > ~ `8888b `~' > dP' > ,gggggj88888888bggggg, > '~~~~~~ > > ,ggggggpoooo > `~~~~b, > ?8b > 8gggpj888888P~ > 88) > ,gggj88888888bggo= > `~~' 88) > 88' > ,8P > ?88P > > thanx! > > -- > "Mystery is the key to enchantment" Armando Frazao > ,d@@b, \. a.k.a. Seal > ._.__._._@@@@@@__...__.._..___._. _) `----._ ._..__._._.__.___._._ > -_-__-_- _.' e`.__ > -_-__- _ ,-'..---~~~)/---'~~~ > _- _ - '.,',',- ' l33...@alfa.ist.utl.pt > - -_ -_ - http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~l33812
Seal do Mar (l33...@alfa.ist.utl.pt) wrote: : Anyone can tell me what this means? It's probably japanese : b, : ?8b : `8P : ,pgggggggoooooogg, : d8 `~~~' ,_ jP' : ,jP' )8b `8b ~ : ~ ,8P' ____ ?8b : ~ `8888b `~' : dP' : ,gggggj88888888bggggg, : '~~~~~~ : ,ggggggpoooo : `~~~~b, : ?8b : 8gggpj888888P~ : 88) : ,gggj88888888bggo= : `~~' 88) : 88' : ,8P : ?88P : thanx! : -- : "Mystery is the key to enchantment" Armando Frazao : ,d@@b, \. a.k.a. Seal : ._.__._._@@@@@@__...__.._..___._. _) `----._ ._..__._._.__.___._._ : -_-__-_- _.' e`.__ : -_-__- _ ,-'..---~~~)/---'~~~ : _- _ - '.,',',- ' l33...@alfa.ist.utl.pt : - -_ -_ - http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~l33812 your sig is most impressive here's to your request : it literally means "empty handed" orion
In article <3ri3ku$n8...@miso.wwa.com> l33...@alfa.ist.utl.pt (Seal do Mar) writes: > Anyone can tell me what this means? It's probably japanese > b, > ?8b > `8P > ,pgggggggoooooogg, > d8 `~~~' ,_ jP' > ,jP' )8b `8b ~ > ~ ,8P' ____ ?8b > ~ `8888b `~' > dP' > ,gggggj88888888bggggg, > '~~~~~~ > > ,ggggggpoooo > `~~~~b, > ?8b > 8gggpj888888P~ > 88) > ,gggj88888888bggo= > `~~' 88) > 88' > ,8P > ?88P Whoever did it did a fairly nice job. (though I get the feeling it's a scan and not an actual drawing, like *blatant plug* the ones I do =^) The first character means sky, or (in this case) empty, the second means hand. Literally, "empty hand", read as "karate".....yes, the martial art. =^) -- _______ (_)___oo) gko...@uhunix.uhcc.hawaii.edu tinsdale...
In article <3rkuku$mb...@miso.wwa.com>, lin...@iscs.nus.sg (Orion) wrote:
:: Seal do Mar (l33...@alfa.ist.utl.pt) wrote:
::
:: : Anyone can tell me what this means? It's probably japanese
::
:: : b,
:: : ?8b
:: : `8P
:: : ,pgggggggoooooogg,
:: : d8 `~~~' ,_ jP'
:: : ,jP' )8b `8b ~
:: : ~ ,8P' ____ ?8b
:: : ~ `8888b `~'
:: : dP'
:: : ,gggggj88888888bggggg,
:: : '~~~~~~
::
:: : ,ggggggpoooo
:: : `~~~~b,
:: : ?8b
:: : 8gggpj888888P~
:: : 88)
:: : ,gggj88888888bggo=
:: : `~~' 88)
:: : 88'
:: : ,8P
:: : ?88P
::
In Japanese, these characters read as _KARA-TE_.
The upper character is _KARA_ and means _empty_ or
_the sky_.
The lower character is _TE_ and means_hand_.
They wrote _KARA-TE_ means _empty hand_, but
in this case, _KARA-TE_ is Japanese fighting
sport _KARATE_. It's Japanese style Kang-fu.
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*** Michael Utamaro ***
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