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Any Chinese calligraphy experts out there?

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GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-07 00:18:01
February 07 2016 00:16 GMT
#1
I guess I don't actually know that it's Chinese, but after snooping around the internet a bunch it looks most like the semi-cursive Chinese script to me.

My mother's friend's roommate's father recently died and they found this wall hanging of his but they don't know what the character means (half the hanging holds the character, the other half is blank green). Internet sleuthing has not solved the question. My own best guess is that it means "home".

Can anyone help?

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ZigguratOfUr
Profile Blog Joined April 2012
Iraq16955 Posts
February 07 2016 01:00 GMT
#2
I (or rather my mother) think that it is the 舞 (dance) character. If you search for "草书 舞" (cursive script dance) you can see that the results are similar.
spinesheath
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
Germany8679 Posts
February 07 2016 10:43 GMT
#3
On February 07 2016 10:00 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I (or rather my mother) think that it is the 舞 (dance) character. If you search for "草书 舞" (cursive script dance) you can see that the results are similar.

Seems close, but where does that dot on the right side come from then?
If you have a good reason to disagree with the above, please tell me. Thank you.
JieXian
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Malaysia4677 Posts
Last Edited: 2016-02-08 17:15:56
February 08 2016 17:08 GMT
#4
On February 07 2016 19:43 spinesheath wrote:
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On February 07 2016 10:00 ZigguratOfUr wrote:
I (or rather my mother) think that it is the 舞 (dance) character. If you search for "草书 舞" (cursive script dance) you can see that the results are similar.

Seems close, but where does that dot on the right side come from then?


She's definitely right. 草书 is a style of cursive calligraphy where the characters are hard to distinguish from the original word if one is only used to the standard writing.

I fall into that category and have problems recognising cursive writing of characters that I haven't seen before. especially without the aid of context (which is usually available).

However, upon looking it up on google, I am sure that his mom is right. Just don't worry about the dot, it's just some artistic license.

Moreover, if you were to see the other pictures, you'll see several examples, some of which are a lot closer to standard writing, with an extra dot on the right.

https://www.google.com/search?q=草书 舞&safe=off&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjSm4S60OjKAhXHwo4KHWeRDlsQ_AUIBygB&biw=1183&bih=592

Personally, I prefer a lower level of "cursiveness" such as the one below, which I think is a more beautifully written and tastefully curisve 舞 (note the extra dot). The artist went way overboard for my taste on your "舞" and several other similar ones in that google image search.
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GGQ
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
Canada2653 Posts
February 08 2016 22:39 GMT
#5
Thanks for the replies, guys. I think I'm pretty much settled that Zigg's mother is right, it's definitely the best answer I've seen yet.
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