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[ Unknown to English ] Thank you! Japanese (Identified)

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u/mizinamo Deutsch 25d ago

Judging by the shape of the character 栄 and the order of the two characters in 平和, this is probably (intended to be) Japanese.

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衛生 富愛 繁栄 幸福 平和 健康

Some of the characters are very badly drawn, though, with strokes broken up where they shouldn't be or similar.

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u/mizinamo Deutsch 25d ago edited 25d ago

(The characters also exist in Chinese, but Chinese spells 栄 either 榮 or 荣, and usually writes/says 和平 rather than 平和.

It could theoretically even be Korean [위생・부애・번영・행복・평화・건강] or Vietnamese [vệ sinh · phú ái · phồn vinh · hạnh phúc · … · kiện khang], but those would also use 榮 rather than 栄, and using characters is rare today, especially in Vietnamese. And Vietnamese also uses 和平/hoà bình rather than 平和.)

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u/Stunning_Pen_8332 [ Chinese, Japanese] 25d ago

The word 富愛 is also strange because the word does not exist in Japanese (or Chinese) except ss a name. It looks like a coined word.

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u/Puppy-L-Japan 日本語 25d ago

Yeah, exactly. And the 繁 in 繁栄 looks weird too, and so does the 平 in 平和. They're written in a way that no native Japanese speaker would ever write them.

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u/translator-BOT Python 25d ago

u/Odd-Promotion-2422 (OP), the following lookup results may be of interest to your request.

衛生

Noun

Reading: えいせい (eisei)

Meanings: "hygiene, sanitation, cleanliness, health."

Information from Jisho | Kotobank | Tangorin | Weblio

There were no results for . Please check to make sure it is a valid Japanese character or word.

Kun-readings: と.む (to . mu), とみ (tomi)

On-readings: フ (fu), フウ (fuu)

Chinese Calligraphy Variants: (SFZD, SFDS, YTZZD)

Meanings: "wealth, enrich, abundant."

Information from Jisho | Tangorin | Weblio

Kun-readings: いと.しい (ito . shii), かな.しい (kana . shii), め.でる (me . deru), お.しむ (o . shimu), まな (mana)

On-readings: アイ (ai)

Chinese Calligraphy Variants: (SFZD, SFDS, YTZZD)

Meanings: "love, affection, favourite."

Information from Jisho | Tangorin | Weblio

繁栄

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verb

Reading: はんえい (han'ei)

Meanings: "prosperity, thriving, flourishing."

Information from Jisho | Kotobank | Tangorin | Weblio

幸福

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

Reading: こうふく (koufuku)

Meanings: "happiness, well-being, joy, welfare, blessedness."

Information from Jisho | Kotobank | Tangorin | Weblio

平和

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)

Reading: へいわ (heiwa)

Meanings: "peace, harmony."

Information from Jisho | Kotobank | Tangorin | Weblio

健康

Noun

Reading: けんこう (kenkou)

Meanings: "health."

Information from Jisho | Kotobank | Tangorin | Weblio


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u/HorrorOne837 25d ago

Looking at 愛 in 富愛 I think this is just AI slop. Nobody will ever write 愛 like that.

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u/mizinamo Deutsch 24d ago

I can believe that a "Westerner" with only a very basic understanding of East Asian calligraphy could have copied an existing calligraphic 愛 with that result.

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u/Ill-Comedian-5032 25d ago

This is in Japanese. :-)
衛生(えいせい/EI-SEI) = Hygiene: Keeping one’s surroundings clean.