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Mystery kanji, perhaps a simplified form?
Thread poster: Matthias Hirsh
Matthias Hirsh
Matthias Hirsh  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 04:03
Japanese to English
Feb 20, 2019

I am working on translating some handwritten letters. They are all written by people born between approximately 1890 and the early 1930s. There is a kanji that has appeared multiple times and I cannot figure out the proper writing of it in order to look it up. I've tried to upload some pictures, but they keep ending up huge. I can email them to someone if they think they can help. It appears to be the tree radical on the left side and the right half of 你 on the right.

At first I w... See more
I am working on translating some handwritten letters. They are all written by people born between approximately 1890 and the early 1930s. There is a kanji that has appeared multiple times and I cannot figure out the proper writing of it in order to look it up. I've tried to upload some pictures, but they keep ending up huge. I can email them to someone if they think they can help. It appears to be the tree radical on the left side and the right half of 你 on the right.

At first I wondered if it was a simplified variation of 様 not widely used today because it first appeared after a recipient's personal name at the end of some of the letters. But then I noticed it (or one that looks very similar) in other letters in the middle of sentences where 様 wouldn't be. ▲ Collapse
 
Alex Farrell (X)
Alex Farrell (X)  Identity Verified
Japan
Local time: 17:03
Japanese to English
称？ Feb 21, 2019

Are you sure it's not 称, as in 称する, 称揚 or 称える?
 


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