Characters on Kaylee's Jumpsuit? by LuckySweetheart

FIREFLY CHINESE TRANSLATIONS

Characters on Kaylee's Jumpsuit?

POSTED BY: LUCKYSWEETHEART
UPDATED: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:37
SHORT URL:
VIEWED: 12292
PAGE 1 of 1

Thursday, June 14, 2007 7:33 AM

I'm looking for some help on identifying the characters on Kaylee's pocket in this photo.

The one on her knee, near the teddy bear, I think has been identified as "ai4" (love), and the one on the right leg (not shown in the photo) is "xi3" from "xi3 huan" (to like). I picked this up from the following page:
http://fireflychinese.kevinsullivansite.net/episode4.html

To me, the top character looks like the first character in "ping2 jing4" (Serenity), but the second character doesn't look like jing4 to me. The third character on her pocket looks like it has "tu3" (Earth - 土) for its radical, but I can't make out the stroke count on the rest to look it up in a dictionary.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks!

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 3:35 PM

LUCKYSWEETHEART

Okay, I think I've figured out the third (bottom) character on the pocket.

I think it's 幸 (xing4, "lucky").

Now I just need help on that middle character! Does anyone have any ideas on what it might be?

Thanks!

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:34 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

I noticed those, too. If I had my computer back, I could look through all the photos I have to see if there's a better shot of it. And if I had a better shot of it, I could take it to some of the guys at work for translation....

Have ye any other photos, by chance?

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 4:38 PM

LUCKYSWEETHEART

That's the best photo I have right now. :( I'm in the process of going through all the episodes to see if there's a clear shot of it somewhere.

Hopefully we'll be able to figure it out!

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:05 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

While you're at it, if you could, try looking through the promo photos, as I seem to recall another photo similar to the one you posted that may have a better view of it.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sara013

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:34 PM

MISSTRESSAHARA

What are the charcters on the bottom of her leg, under the Teddy Bear? Too small to see.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*Peter* Peter*; power *re-peater*~
`@/
/Y
/_)

*Petrelli for President. Together we can soar.*
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

HEROE'S IS MY CRACK!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:45 PM

HELL'S KITTEN

Character for love (ai4)... My eyes are too bleary to look it up.... I think LuckySweetheart mentions it in her first post beneath the photo. I nearly missed it, too. ^^

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:52 PM

MISSTRESSAHARA

Ahhh, tankies.

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
~*Peter* Peter*; power *re-peater*~
`@/
/Y
/_)

*Petrelli for President. Together we can soar.*
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
**********~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

HEROE'S IS MY CRACK!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Sunday, June 24, 2007 8:58 PM

SHATTEREDSHARDS

This is the one character I've been stuck on for the costume I'm making to wear to a con 4th of July weekend. I'm not sure how much it helps anyone, but here's a few images - a crop from a slightly clearer photo, the crop with the contrast adjusted, and a quick sketch of what the character looks like to me. Perhaps the sketch will send someone in the right direction?

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Monday, June 25, 2007 6:38 AM

LUCKYSWEETHEART

My intuition regarding this character is this:

I think the left side of the character is the radical for "zi"(子) or something similar, and the right size is the "funky P" (not sure what it's called in Chinese) with a mark near the bottom in the space under the "P".

I have no idea what it is; my mom speaks Mandarin as a 1st language, and has offered to make the jumpsuit for me, so I'll call her up and see what her insights are on that character.

Quote:
Originally posted by Shatteredshards:
This is the one character I've been stuck on for the costume I'm making to wear to a con 4th of July weekend. I'm not sure how much it helps anyone, but here's a few images - a crop from a slightly clearer photo, the crop with the contrast adjusted, and a quick sketch of what the character looks like to me. Perhaps the sketch will send someone in the right direction?

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Friday, June 29, 2007 10:23 PM

SHATTEREDSHARDS

After staring at it a bit, I'm thinking it looks closer to this (note: the red line might or might not be there, I'm not sure).

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

Tuesday, July 24, 2007 11:37 AM

LUCKYSWEETHEART

Here's a possibility for the character.

I was googling for Kaylee images when I found a link to this image.

It's qi2, 祇. It means "earth spirit or peace" according to the Chinese dictionary I use.

What do you think? That means we have all the characters figured out! (Unless there are other characters on the other pocket that's not pictured in the photos. I'll have to watch the series again)

NOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | TOP | HOME

YOUR OPTIONS

SHARE THREAD

NEW POSTS TODAY

USER	POST DATE

USER

POST DATE