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Chinese characters on Iron Fire outfit

OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
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This promo image shows both the writing on the front and back drapes of the outfit, there is a clearer view of the front one on some of the other promos: https://www.daz3d.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/f/dforce-iron-fire-outfit-and-weapons-for-genesis-8-males-08-daz3d.jpg

Does anyone know what they mean? I tried looking up a few words that seemed like obvious possibilities (iron, fire, dragon, monster, horn, fight, punch) but nothing seemed to match.

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  • Jonathan BJonathan B Posts: 114
    edited May 2019

    氣 - Chi  or Qi - Literally 'gas' or 'air' but more prosaically life force, breath and vital energy. (Also, a rare archaic use 'Xi' can mean "to present food")

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  • OdaaOdaa Posts: 1,548
    Jonathan B said:

    氣 - Chi  or Qi - Literally 'gas' or 'air' but more prosaically life force, breath and vital energy. (Also, a rare archaic use 'Xi' can mean "to present food")

    Yay, good to know!

  • Hiro ProtagonistHiro Protagonist Posts: 699

    I presume this is Chinese, but in Japanese the same character refers to mind or spirit, and is read as ki. It's a rare form of the character that is used in very few words, but happens to be in two words known in the west: reiki and aikidou (aikido). As in Jonathan's definition it has a strong connotation of life (and spiritual) force or energy.

  • Richard HaseltineRichard Haseltine Posts: 108,079
    Jonathan B said:

    氣 - Chi  or Qi - Literally 'gas' or 'air' but more prosaically life force, breath and vital energy. (Also, a rare archaic use 'Xi' can mean "to present food")

    Ah - it's a nutritional advisory notice for dragons.

  • Jonathan BJonathan B Posts: 114
    edited May 2019

    It is the traditional Chinese form of the character which is more widely used in Taiwan, Hong Kong and the United States. The simplified Chinese version leaves out the rice (米) character leaving 气 for most of mainland China and other areas that have adopted the simplified forms. The Japanese version that Hiro mentions, ki, is usually written with the rice character reduced to a simple X form: 気

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  • GoggerGogger Posts: 2,493
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Jonathan B said:

    氣 - Chi  or Qi - Literally 'gas' or 'air' but more prosaically life force, breath and vital energy. (Also, a rare archaic use 'Xi' can mean "to present food")

    Ah - it's a nutritional advisory notice for dragons.

    HA HA!   Made me laugh!

    Warning: Eating Humans has proven to cause cancer and other diseases in Dragons. Other side effects may include IBS, headaches, nausea, constipation and severe cramps. Consume at your own risk.

  • SpottedKittySpottedKitty Posts: 7,232
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Jonathan B said:

    氣 - Chi  or Qi - Literally 'gas' or 'air' but more prosaically life force, breath and vital energy. (Also, a rare archaic use 'Xi' can mean "to present food")

    Ah - it's a nutritional advisory notice for dragons.

    "May contain nuts."

  • SlimerJSpudSlimerJSpud Posts: 1,456
    Gogger said:
    Richard Haseltine said:
    Jonathan B said:

    氣 - Chi  or Qi - Literally 'gas' or 'air' but more prosaically life force, breath and vital energy. (Also, a rare archaic use 'Xi' can mean "to present food")

    Ah - it's a nutritional advisory notice for dragons.

    HA HA!   Made me laugh!

    Warning: Eating Humans has proven to cause cancer and other diseases in Dragons. Other side effects may include IBS, headaches, nausea, constipation and severe cramps. Consume at your own risk.

    Not to mention getting chainmail and armor stuck in their teeth! (I did a render on this subject once.)

    In the pantheon of Kung Fu films, we are told that Chi is what a fighter needs to cultivate in order to survive multiple blows that would have killed anybody else...

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