New Members DTC2020 Posted November 24, 2020 at 06:39 PM New Members Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 at 06:39 PM Hi there. I was hoping someone could help me identify the characters on this seal. It's supposed to be a Chinese take on "Kelly" but I'm not having much luck identifying the characters. The last part looks like li, but I can't be certain. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
大块头 Posted November 24, 2020 at 08:41 PM Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 at 08:41 PM It looks like: 姫 (zhen3) archaic meanings include "beautiful" 莉 (li4) last character in a typical transliteration of "Kelly" - 凯莉 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members DTC2020 Posted November 24, 2020 at 08:45 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 at 08:45 PM Thank you so much! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shelley Posted November 24, 2020 at 08:45 PM Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 at 08:45 PM Pleco gives 凱利 as the transliteration for Kelly. What you may have is the transliteration for Julie - 炬利, but I may be wrong. often am:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lu Posted November 24, 2020 at 09:26 PM Report Share Posted November 24, 2020 at 09:26 PM Typically seals are written top to bottom, right to left, which would give you 莉姫. I guess the chop cutters write left to right for foreigners buying a souvenir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 889 Posted November 25, 2020 at 01:02 AM Popular Post Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 at 01:02 AM Are we zhen-ping to conclusions here? The character 姬 can also be written as 姫, particularly in Japan, and is pronounced ji in standard Chinese and ki in some dialects. It's also not unusual for seal makers to choose a simpler alternative that carves better. Bear in mind too we don't know where this was carved. https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/姬 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members DTC2020 Posted November 25, 2020 at 04:56 PM Author New Members Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 at 04:56 PM 15 hours ago, 889 said: Bear in mind too we don't know where this was carved. It was carved in Hong Kong. That's very interesting. Thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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