Help with chop?

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Al Thornquist

Help with chop?

Post by Al Thornquist »

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I have a friend (Mrs. Hutton - I assume the chars below translate roughly to Hutton) who went to Hong Kong, and while there, had a chop made for her.
I would like to make her a little GIF or JPEG that she could use in her email as a signature, but I can't seem to figure out what characters are involved. I have spent hours and hours on the net looking at characters on Chinese web sites, but all I have now is sore eyes!
My pathetic representation of the chop is here:
http://www.mts.net/~athornqu/chop.jpg
Do you know what characters these are, and if there might be a (free) Type 1 or True Type font that I could download? Actually, even pictures of each character (more skilfully done than mine), would help.

Thanks for your help,
Al Thornquist
Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
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"To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."
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Re: Help with chop? A scan of the chop

Post by Al »

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Here is a scan the chop
Thanks for your help!
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Mak Zai (麥仔)

Re: Help with chop?

Post by Mak Zai (麥仔) »

I took a glimpse at that chop. I know the one character on the left it is the character 頓(Man.dun4) (Can.dun6). The "Dun" sound would be the Hu"tton" sound in your friends name. If I find out the what the other word is, I'll get back to you.
麥仔




: I have a friend (Mrs. Hutton - I assume the chars below translate roughly to Hutton) who went to Hong Kong, and while there, had a chop made for her.
: I would like to make her a little GIF or JPEG that she could use in her email as a signature, but I can't seem to figure out what characters are involved. I have spent hours and hours on the net looking at characters on Chinese web sites, but all I have now is sore eyes!
: My pathetic representation of the chop is here:
: http://www.mts.net/~athornqu/chop.jpg
: Do you know what characters these are, and if there might be a (free) Type 1 or True Type font that I could download? Actually, even pictures of each character (more skilfully done than mine), would help.
:
: Thanks for your help,
: Al Thornquist
: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
: Plase remove SPAM to reply
: "To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."
Mak Zai (麥仔)

Re: Help with chop?

Post by Mak Zai (麥仔) »

I took a glimpse at that chop. I know the one character on the left it is the character 頓(Man.dun4) (Can.dun6). The "Dun" sound would be the Hu"tton" sound in your friends name. If I find out the what the other word is, I'll get back to you.
麥仔




: I have a friend (Mrs. Hutton - I assume the chars below translate roughly to Hutton) who went to Hong Kong, and while there, had a chop made for her.
: I would like to make her a little GIF or JPEG that she could use in her email as a signature, but I can't seem to figure out what characters are involved. I have spent hours and hours on the net looking at characters on Chinese web sites, but all I have now is sore eyes!
: My pathetic representation of the chop is here:
: http://www.mts.net/~athornqu/chop.jpg
: Do you know what characters these are, and if there might be a (free) Type 1 or True Type font that I could download? Actually, even pictures of each character (more skilfully done than mine), would help.
:
: Thanks for your help,
: Al Thornquist
: Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
: Plase remove SPAM to reply
: "To me, boxing is like a ballet, except there's no music, no choreography and the dancers hit each other."
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