ich hab eine Kette, aber was bedeutet das Zeichen

[eos]

Hey,

ich hab mir vor einiger Zeit eine silberne Kette mit einem vermutlich chinesischem Zeichen gekauft. Die verkäuferin sagte, dass es 'Reichtum' bedeute. Da ich finde, dass sie nich so ganz sicher war, wollte ich mal nachfragen was das denn so bedeutet. Allerdings weis ich nicht ob es tatsächlich chinesisch ist ...
Ich hoffe ihr könnt mir helfen.
THX

mfg eos

edit: wie tu ich denn hier ein Bild von meiner HDD uploaden? - bin neu hier
edit2: das bild von dem Zeichen ist jetzt mein Avatar.

[a_gambler]

If you have the picture of die Kette in the internet, perhaps you can paste its link?

[kamillentee]

für mich sind das 2 figuren die (auf einer stange) aufeinander stehen, wobei die obere lange, zur seite ausgerichtete haare hat

[a_gambler]

für mich sind das 2 figuren die (auf einer stange) aufeinander stehen, wobei die obere lange, zur seite ausgerichtete haare hat

Haha, you germen are really lovely when recognizing chinese characters.

It's 喜 (pronounced as xi on the third tone) which means happy. You can find a big doubled 喜(喜喜) in any Chinese weddings. So I am afraid it is not equal to Reichtum (wealth in English, right?).

[Dennis (CDS)]

Haha, you germen are really lovely when recognizing chinese characters.

It's 喜 (pronounced as xi on the third tone) which means happy. You can find a big doubled 喜(喜喜) in any Chinese weddings. So I am afraid it is not equal to Reichtum (wealth in English, right?).

Gambler, your comment about the lovely ability of Germans in recognizing chinese characters was almost cool, but much more cooler it would have been to describe what the character itself depicts:

壴 (zhù) 'drum' (as in 鼓 gǔ 'drum') over 口 (kǒu) 'mouth'.
"To beat the 壴 drum and 口 sing" aka "happy".

Oh....and I'm German.....

[devurandom]

壴 (zhù) 'drum' (as in 鼓 gǔ 'drum') over 口 (kǒu) 'mouth'.
"To beat the 壴 drum and 口 sing" aka "happy".

I'd call it, according to my own experiences, "drunken".

Gruss
/dev/urandom

[a_gambler]

壴 (zhù) 'drum' (as in 鼓 gǔ 'drum') over 口 (kǒu) 'mouth'.
"To beat the 壴 drum and 口 sing" aka "happy".

Oh....and I'm German.....

Waaaaaaaaas!!! Are you really a German? You are incredible! I have to say I have not any idea about 壴 (or maybe I have removed it from my memory). It's a good way for memorizing Chinese characters to disassemble them into something understandable. I remember we often did it when in primary school. But after several years training some ability was built that one can memorize a new character without disassembling it mechanically even if it's a quite complex one. By the way, I just found from the dictionary that one meaning of 壴 is "to display musical instrument", which is a verb, and I didn't find any meaning of "drum" for it.

[a_gambler]

By the way, I just found from the dictionary that one meaning of 壴 is "to display musical instrument", which is a verb, and I didn't find any meaning of "drum" for it.

Oh, I am sorry it's not a good dictionary I had consulted. The Chinese interpretation for 壴 "陈列乐器" is wrongly translated to "Display the musical instrument" in English. The right thing should be "a kind of instrument laid out there". Even worse, "陈列乐器" itself is not a nice interpretion for 壴. Dennis is right. "壴是古代中国的鼓" (壴 was 鼓 in ancient China). Hmm, I am going crazy!

[eos]

thx

therefore the sign means "happy" and not "wealth" ?!

But one thing else ... is this sign Japanese or Chinese?

[Tian]

das ist chinesisch.
und ich weiss nicht,ob es in japanisch auch gibt.

[a_gambler]

thx

therefore the sign means "happy" and not "wealth" ?!

But one thing else ... is this sign Japanese or Chinese?

You can find 喜 in both Chinese and Japanese. And as I know the Japanese 喜 has the same meaning as the Chinese one. But they are pronounced differently.

Unfortunately, I am not sure whether your necklace is made by Chinese or Japanese.

[eos]

thx u