<p>Let me try. It'll take a while. First of all, the orientation is correct. The big word at the bottom left is 師, which means teacher.</p>
<p>And I agree with @dRooze the top left character is 蓺, which means skill or the skill of planting trees.</p>
<p>The right middle character is indeed 㘐, which means loud and is a variant of the commonly used word 炮, gun/cannon.</p>
<p>So the five words are 㝽㘐哏蓺師, or 水炮哏藝師. Are you a firefighter? This says you are the master of water cannon. Did you get this from Hongkong or Canton or where Cantonese is spoken?</p>

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2024-04-02T20:34:52.010Z
Thank you. Some of this makes sense. I am a short loud opinionated artist, singer and occasional magician. I have no idea whether any of this was considered when the chop was made.
Steven Temkin
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2024-04-03T01:09:36.750Z
@StevenTemkin [㝽](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%9D%BD) means short, [㘐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%98%90) means loud, and 藝師 means master of the arts (i.e., artist).
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Fred Liu
<p>This image is a chop stamp that was made for me; I was told it is not a representation of my name but of me somehow. I would love to have an accurate translation. (And to know the correct orientation as well.)
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/j2zcx.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/j2zcx.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>

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2024-03-31T04:25:59.010Z
Maybe I'm completely off, but this looks like 「㝽㘐（哏？）藝師」. I can't make any sense of it.
dROOOze
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What does my chop say? And what’s its correct orientation?
# What does my chop say? And what’s its correct orientation?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-30)

This image is a chop stamp that was made for me; I was told it is not a representation of my name but of me somehow. I would love to have an accurate translation. (And to know the correct orientation as well.)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/j2zcx.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/j2zcx.jpg)

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Maybe I'm completely off, but this looks like 「㝽㘐（哏？）藝師」. I can't make any sense of it.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-03-31. Score: 1 | Accepted answer

Let me try. It'll take a while. First of all, the orientation is correct. The big word at the bottom left is 師, which means teacher.

And I agree with @dRooze the top left character is 蓺, which means skill or the skill of planting trees.

The right middle character is indeed 㘐, which means loud and is a variant of the commonly used word 炮, gun/cannon.

So the five words are 㝽㘐哏蓺師, or 水炮哏藝師. Are you a firefighter? This says you are the master of water cannon. Did you get this from Hongkong or Canton or where Cantonese is spoken?

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thank you. Some of this makes sense. I am a short loud opinionated artist, singer and occasional magician. I have no idea whether any of this was considered when the chop was made.  
> **username_1**: @username_0 [㝽](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%9D%BD) means short, [㘐](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E3%98%90) means loud, and 藝師 means master of the arts (i.e., artist).  

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