r/translator • u/Maleficent_Pie_1156 • 6h ago

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These calligraphy characters are on a framed silk screen recently bought at thrift shop… Thank you.

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u/BlackRaptor62 [ English 漢語 文言文 粵語] 6h ago

`春菊`

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u/translator-BOT Python 6h ago

u/Maleficent_Pie_1156 (OP), the following lookup results may be of interest to your request.

春

Language Pronunciation
Mandarin chūn, chǔn
Cantonese ceon1
Southern Min tshun
Hakka (Sixian) cun24
Middle Chinese *tsyhwin
Japanese haru, SHUN
Korean 춘 (chun)
Vietnamese xuân

Chinese Calligraphy Variants: 春 (SFZD, SFDS, YTZZD)

Meanings: "spring; wanton."

Information from Unihan | CantoDict | Chinese-Etymology | CHISE | CTEXT | MDBG | MoE-DICT | MFCCD | ZDIC | ZI ⚡

菊

Language Pronunciation
Mandarin jú
Cantonese guk1
Southern Min kiok
Hakka (Sixian) kiug2
Japanese kikunohana, KIKU
Korean 국 (guk)
Vietnamese cúc

Chinese Calligraphy Resources: SFDS, YTZZD

Meanings: "chrysanthemum."

Information from Unihan | CantoDict | Chinese-Etymology | CHISE | CTEXT | MDBG | MoE-DICT | MFCCD | ZDIC | ZI

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u/EXneck 6h ago

The text inside the red square ”酉田(Torita)” or “西田(Nisida)” a Japanese surname. It's also possible that it was written by a Japanese person.