<p>my guess:</p>

<p>the top one is 呈 (u+5448)</p>

<p><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E5%91%88" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=呈</a></p>

<p>the second one is 瑞 (u+745e)</p>

<p><a href="http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E7%91%9E" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=瑞</a></p>

<p>others, it takes time to recognise :)</p>

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2018-07-13T08:05:07.670Z
Thank you this is great. Really having a hard time even identifying the radicals of the other 2 characters
dwkd
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2018-07-13T08:11:35.940Z
Could it be that the fourth is dragon 龙 ?
dwkd
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2018-07-13T08:14:34.407Z
Also the third character second radical looks like Shou (hand) 手 in a caligraphic variation
dwkd
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2018-07-13T10:11:27.087Z
the third one, it looks like 射 (u+5c04), or 財 (u+8ca1); unfortunately, i can't think any semantic "word", that coulee be matched. :(
水巷孑蠻
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2018-07-13T13:18:08.663Z
Thanks. Bottom mark seems to say Jià Yong ( 嫁用 ) what do you think?
dwkd
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2018-07-13T14:02:23.497Z
inventive :) traditionally, a seal should be read from top to bottom, right to left. so, i would think it's 用 + an / two unrecognisable character. then, again, use "x" as component, in the bottom left, or left; i can't think of any characters. as @droooze said, well, these characters derived seriously too far away from traditional chinese character. last, may i ask, what's the shape of this vessel / container? any other hints?
水巷孑蠻
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2018-07-13T21:31:28.907Z
Just added a pic of the vase
dwkd
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2018-07-12T13:01:38.717Z
2018-07-12T13:01:38.717Z
水巷孑蠻
<p>Can someone please help me figure out what characters are and how to translate the top four and the seal characters in the attached pic?
If you could please answer in a clear way to identify which is the top four characters and which are in the seal square<img src="https://i.sstatic.net/UBg7L.jpg" alt="enter image description here"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Qq1LV.jpg" alt="enter image description here"></p>

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2018-07-12T12:34:43.453Z
Those aren’t real Chinese or Japanese characters. They got one character 用, but that’s probably a coincidence.
dROOOze
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2018-07-13T15:23:29.167Z
This is just an non-Chinese writer imitation of the pottery stamping, such stamping is called `底部押花款`.
mootmoot
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2018-07-13T21:32:49.847Z
Thanks. Crazy to think someone went to such a great length in creating this elaborate vase but butchered some simple characters
dwkd
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Character translation chinese or japanese
# Character translation chinese or japanese

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-07-12)

Can someone please help me figure out what characters are and how to translate the top four and the seal characters in the attached pic?
If you could please answer in a clear way to identify which is the top four characters and which are in the seal square![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/UBg7L.jpg)![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Qq1LV.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, characters, traditional-characters

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Those aren’t real Chinese or Japanese characters. They got one character 用, but that’s probably a coincidence.  
> **username_2**: This is just an non-Chinese writer imitation of the pottery stamping, such stamping is called `底部押花款`.  
> **username_0**: Thanks. Crazy to think someone went to such a great length in creating this elaborate vase but butchered some simple characters  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_3 on 2018-07-12. Score: 1

my guess:

the top one is 呈 (u+5448)

[http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=呈](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E5%91%88)

the second one is 瑞 (u+745e)

[http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=瑞](http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/lexi-mf/search.php?word=%E7%91%9E)

others, it takes time to recognise :)

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you this is great. Really having a hard time even identifying the radicals of the other 2 characters  
> **username_0**: Could it be that the fourth is dragon 龙 ?  
> **username_0**: Also the third character second radical looks like Shou (hand) 手 in a caligraphic variation  
> **username_3**: the third one, it looks like 射 (u+5c04), or 財 (u+8ca1); unfortunately, i can't think any semantic "word", that coulee be matched. :(  
> **username_0**: Thanks. Bottom mark seems to say Jià Yong ( 嫁用 ) what do you think?  
> **username_3**: inventive :) traditionally, a seal should be read from top to bottom, right to left. so, i would think it's 用 + an / two unrecognisable character. then, again, use "x" as component, in the bottom left, or left; i can't think of any characters. as @droooze said, well, these characters derived seriously too far away from traditional chinese character. last, may i ask, what's the shape of this vessel / container? any other hints?  
> **username_0**: Just added a pic of the vase  

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