#Japanese characters

[shiranuieditorial]

20 inspirational names for a super summer!

List summary: 新夏、夏向、夏涼、夏艷/夏艶、琉夏、夏樂、夏怡、夏悅、夏嬉、夏歡/夏懽、梨夏、夏梅、夏蓮、莽夏、青夏、勇夏、承夏、平夏、峰夏、and 夏緒！ (Keep reading ’til the end to discover their meanings, readings, pronunciations, guide to etymology and history, and more linguistic knowledge!)

Is it just me or has this summer been unnervingly chilling for us tropical islanders? 🌞🥶

Check out this summer-inspired name bank I’ve been working on for the past 5 months!

Each name was…

→ meticulously hand-picked like exotic cherries 🍒

→ carefully translated to the best of my ability 🉑

→ and then packed with a mini beginner’s guide to 夏 (the Han character/Chinese character for “summer”, used throughout the Sinosphere) 📖

→ which contains its standard readings in many languages: Mandarin Chinese, Dungan Tili, Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Wu, Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese! 🀄

(If you need info on any other topolect, dialect, or time-specific variant not mentioned here, just ask away! I’ll see what I can do for ya!)

👉🏼 An incredibly versatile character, it’s impossible to run out of given names containing/based on 夏!

The possibilities are endless, and the only limit is our imagination! 💡

👉🏼 If we visit the Wiktionary entry for 夏, we’ll see a whole lot more linguistic variants & historical hypotheses on this ancient grapheme dating back to 2070 BC, and even a reconstruction of its Middle Chinese & Old Chinese pronunciations based on recovered millennia-old scripts! 😱

👇🏼 Comment “Wiktionary” and I’ll send you the link to read further. It’s very interesting to read, whether you’re a curious beginner or a veteran Sinologist.

❓ QOTD 1: Which name stood out to you in particular? 🤔

❓ QOTD 2: Do you know what the difference is between “reading” and “pronunciation”? 🗣️

👇🏼 Also also also, let me know what you think of this list! 📜

Is it interesting enough? Are the tables mathematical enough? Are my font choices weird enough? Have I managed to convince you that I’m secretly an omniscient Taoist immortal from the 16th century BCE here to steal all the trees off your backyards, or should I try harder? If so, what other attempts at floor-length grocery lists should I make to satisfy your most honourable expectations?

Remember—your plants are at stake here! 🧚🏼‍♀️🌲🌳🌴

[sizzlingblazeting-778]

[could-they-be-a-pro-wrestler]

How successful would Pepsiman…

Would you like to submit a character? Click this link if you do!

[arleniansdoodles]

Thought I'd draw Kuroki from my Sifu fic! The first painting features her house from the arena levels, which is most definitely not a portal to the underworld loll (and it's not directly stated whether it is or isn't her home, but given the location and architecture/style, I've assumed it is XDD)

In the second painting, she's hanging out with MC - who is in turn hanging out with the Water talisman! I took Kuroki's parasol from the arena level with her house; I did a shoddy job at drawing it, so next time I'll try to make it look better ^^;;

[kingandqueen-of-streetfighter17]

Street Fighter Alpha 2: Art by Edayan

[mahdihonooka]

Practicing the Japanese Hiragana characters 🇯🇵✒

[myriaeden]

Katana Icons

Like and reblog if you use

Please don't repost without permission

[rushinatsu]

New characters. :) (Artist)

[bbybrownbat]

Artist: Gihon Vinrian

[puodwis]

    love

[chineseffect]

Chinese is like a puzzle :)

Have fun with it at CHINESEFFECT.COM

[sizzlingblazeting-778]

[somewhatsad]

Designs!

1st / 1位: Shiki Makono / 真子野志貴

2nd / 2番目: Ophisicus / オフィシクス

3rd / 3位: Cronan Rayine / レイイン・クロナン

Details below / 詳細は下記 ↓

ENGLISH:

Software: Ibis paint x

Artist: SomewhatSad

Character creator: SomewhatSad

Translations: Google

日本語：

ソフトウェア: アイビスペイントX

アーティスト: SomewhatSad

キャラクター作成者: SomewhatSad

翻訳: Google

These guys are for an anime I'm writing, these are for A Guide To The Crow.

これらは私が書いているアニメのものです。これらは『A Guide To The Crow』のものです。

私が書いたことを知らない日本の皆さん、ごめんなさい。まだ日本語を勉強中なので、これは完全に翻訳されたものです。😊

Hey @deadly-espresso do you like them? (I asked everyone IRL now I gotta ask you lol)

[velvet-ymarinebloo77]

He can be just as worst as Revy.

[arleniansdoodles]

One of my Sifu headcanons following the game's true ending is that the MC develops a sibling dynamic with Kuroki - in this case, the female MC becomes a surrogate sister, stepping into the empty space left behind by Shiroizu, Kuroki's late twin. Following that, Kuroki eventually manages to lay her twin's memory to rest.

I also just love the idea of the MC turning their former enemies into allies, so y'all will definitely see some more art on that! XDD