A family friend asked me what it meant, and while I didn't know more than it looked like it might be Chinese or maybe Japanese (and that, given that it was on a necklace, that it probably meant good luck or protection from bad things), I knew that the good friends in CBB would know, so I copied it and scanned it:
The backing is a thin piece of pale green jade. The script and the enclosing circle are gold.
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Can anyone read it?
thank you!
Need help identifying & translating this necklace
Need help identifying & translating this necklace
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Re: Need help identifying & translating this necklace
Can you upload an actual photo of it?
Re: Need help identifying & translating this necklace
My guess would be that it's a stylized version of the "longevity" character 夀 (shòu) (寿):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shou_(character)
Of course, gold and jade have their own talismanic properties.
☯ 道可道,非常道
☯ 名可名,非常名
☯ 名可名,非常名