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Anybody knows what this symbol means ?

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the picture is taken from the cloth of a bed

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Do you have a picture of it? The drawing is extremely unclear. – Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Aug 24 '11 at 20:21
@Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams I've added the actual picture – Omu Aug 24 '11 at 20:34
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Yes it looks like a Chinese seal script, although it's an interesting topic on it's own, it's somewhat off-topic for JLU I'm afraid (unless this has some usage in the Japanese language, or related to Japanese language usage). – Ken Li Aug 24 '11 at 20:46
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Where did you find it? – Alenanno Aug 24 '11 at 21:07
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I'm with @sawa on this: horizontal mirroring (due to a snag during the printing process) is extremely common in orientalist pieces of clothing/rugs/pillows (which this thing seems to be) when using Japanese/Chinese characters... – Dave♦ Aug 25 '11 at 0:17
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closed as off topic by sawa, Amanda S Aug 25 '11 at 23:58

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