Looking for "tea" kanji

[PamEast]

I got an idea for a pair of earrings for myself, but I need to get my hands on a very clear, high-res image of the kanji symbol for "Tea". Can anyone direct me?

Pam

[JBaymore]

Here's one:

http://japaneselanguageculturefood.com/ ... cha-sa.htm

best,

...............john

[Victoria]

I got an idea for a pair of earrings for myself, but I need to get my hands on a very clear, high-res image of the kanji symbol for "Tea". Can anyone direct me?

Pam

I have been working on this idea for about 6 months now. I have had a die made and I'm just putting the finishing touches on some of my designs. With my work schedule I'm just trying to find the time to finish up. I'm very interested in seeing your design, I'm just a beader, but you, wow. I'm sure they will be beautiful.

[xmfi]

A little boring, but clear: http://img1.gtimg.com/view/pics/20616/20616863.jpg

A few cool ones:

http://pica.nipic.com/2007-11-02/2007112164313981_2.jpg
http://pica.nipic.com/2008-07-16/2008716102510249_2.jpg
http://pic1a.nipic.com/2009-03-03/200933112238445_2.jpg
http://pic3.nipic.com/20090519/2097207_104434083_2.jpg (this one also says dragonwell and China)

[PamEast]

xmfi,

Wow! Do those ALL mean tea? Different variations of the same symbol?

I really like this one:
http://pic1a.nipic.com/2009-03-03/200933112238445_2.jpg

Pam

[xmfi]

Yes, except for the parts that say 井龍 and 中國 in the last link, they are all the same character, 茶 (tea), written in different styles.

[PamEast]

Thank you so much! That's just what I was looking for. When I get my earrings made, I'll post a picture of them.

Pam

[MarshalN]

Sorry to chime in and be a pest, but...

It's not a symbol. It's a word, much like "word" is a word.

And these are not variations -- they're actually the same word, written with different handwritings. It's like "word" will come out differently from the hands of 20 different people. You wouldn't say that's a variation.

And it's 龍井, longjing, not the other way around.

[xmfi]

And it's 龍井, longjing, not the other way around.

That's a good point-- in the last image I linked to, it was written from bottom to top, so I wrote it right to left here. Seemed to make sense at the time, but the above is longjing; sorry for any confusion that may have caused.

[MarshalN]

I'm guessing the last picture has characters written by people who don't know as much Chinese

[PamEast]

When you think about it, all "words" are indeed "symbols". The word for a thing is not the thing itself, but a commonly recognized symbol standing in it's place.

"Tea" is as much a symbol as

tea-kanji.jpg (665 Bytes) Viewed 1459 times

And one can argue (although perhaps spuriously) that differing type-faces, fonts and handwriting styles represent "variations". Certainly script writing constitutes a variation that is markedly different than print. They may appear as different from each other to eastern eyes as the samples of the "tea" kanji appeared to my western eyes. I will admit that the word "variation" may have connotations that imply differences that don't necessarily exist; however, you can not deny that the representations provided do indeed vary a lot!

Pam
(who is leaving for NC tomorrow and will be gone for a week.)