From: Adam Skalny shogi sk> Date: 25 jun 2006 Subject: Re: Looking up kanji for promoted silver Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- WIN A GAULEY OVERNIGHT RAFTING TRIP FOR TWO. Enjoy two days of world-class whitewater with a night of deluxe riverside camping in between. http://click.topica.com/= caaeUaEa2i6YsbnuqMaa/ NAAR ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hallo Manabu, thank You very much for Your answer. It helped, it helped me in deed. Best wishes Adam Manabu Terao wrote: > Hello Adam and shogi fans, > > It's a cursive style of the character of "Kin"(Gold). Promoted pawn, lanc= e, > kNight and Silver have the same character of "Kin(gold)" in different=20 > cursive styles. So the character on a piece of promoted silver like > your picture reads "Kin" but we call it "Narigin"(promoted silver). > > For general information of East Asian Calligraphy, please refer to the > page in Wikipedia at > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_calligraphy > > Hope this helps. > Manabu Terao > > Adam Skalny shogi sk> wrote: > >=20=20=20 >> Dear shogi funs, >> >> Time of our next shogi presentation is near -- next weekend^^. Now i am= =20 >> recreating shogi set help: paper with piece names in Slovak, Japanese,= =20 >> all piece related rules, piece kanji from actual set, and its move patte= rn. >> >> I have troubles with kanji for narugin. On sets used in presentation, it= =20 >> has "kin"-like kanji with four horizontal strokes, but i can not find= =20 >> such kanji in a dictionary -- thought it's radical was JIN (person), but= =20 >> i had no luck:-( In wikipedia article about shogi, narugins kanji is ZEN= =20 >> (all) -- only three horizontal strokes. >> >> Sorry for this awkward description, here's a picture to clarify it^_^:= =20 >> http://shogi.sk/pub/narukin.png -- red's on my sets, black is closest= =20 >> match i've found (kanji from wikipedia article). >> >> Do you know this red kanji, please? >> >> Thank You very much for help. >> >> Best regards >> Adam >>=20=20=20=20=20 Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Here=92s your chance to tell some of the most important names in=20 retailing and household products what=92s on your mind. You could win=20 a free iPod Nano by signing up for our new consumer opinion panel=20 and filling out a brief survey. http://click.topica.com/= caaeTvOa2i6YsbnuqMaf/ HomeWorldResearch ------------------------------------------------------------------- --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: = shogi-l shogi net EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a2i6Ys.= bnuqMa.= c2hvZ2kt Or send an email to: shogi-unsubscribe topica com For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=3DTEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------