14 Valentines, post #1 - kanji icons

[darkhavens]

This is my first contribution to the 14valentines project. Today's featured cause is Women in Academics.

102 Kanji icons

Most of the original images come from www.tribalshapes.com, as do most of the translations. Please speak up if you spot an egregious error.

ETA: staranis has provided some additional information on a few of the Kanji symbols, so I have amended the labelling of the icons based on images 1, 15 and 74.

Comments are nice - credit is only necessary for the icons with text - the textless ones may be used as bases.

admiration and devotion (ETA "Shinpuku" means "to follow someone's orders with respect" (as in a master/servant relationship). It's a very submissive word.)
001 002

adventure
003 004

adventurer
005 006

affinity
007 008

always
009 010

angel
011 012

art and science, culture
013 014

artist (ETA a more specific meaning of Master Calligrapher)
015 016

artistic
017 018

beautiful from every side
019 020

beautiful
021 022

beginning
023 024

beginning and end
025 026 027

028 029

belief, faith
030 031 032

blessing, benediction
033 034 035

blood
036 037 038

bold-fearless-daring
039 040 041

042 043

brightness
044 045

butterfly
046 047

change
048 049 050

051 052 053

054 054 055

charm, enchant, fascinate
056 057

058 059

compassionate
060 061

courage
062 063 064

courageous, brave, heroic
065 066 067

068 069

creation
070 071

dancer
072 073

daughter (ETA: formal)
074 075

dauntless, intrepid, fearless
076 077

078 079

defend, protect
080 081

082 083

determination
084 085 086

designer
087 088

devotion, loyalty
089 090

091 092 093

094 095

dignity, pride (ETA: this is an old word)
096 097

098 099 100

101 102



Day #2 Kanji Icons #103 - #207
Day #3 Kanji Icons #208 - #273
Day #4 Kanji Icons #274 - #370
V-Day Kanji Icons #371 - #602

Comments

[entrenous88.livejournal.com]

These are very cool! Not snagging any just now, but I wanted to say they look very neat.

[darkhavens.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

I've always loved how beautiful and elegant Kanji can be. :D