anyone have a basic knowledge of japanese kanji?

[htsamurai]

WTF DOES THE KANJI ON THE BBE WAH MEAN?!

[tuffteef]

stands for dick love

[Mudfuzz]

I am not good with kanji... but I'll look in my book and see... No hopes though...

[Mudfuzz]

Looks like Hon.

[unownunown]

it's definitely hon

[Mudfuzz]

So the real question is why would they put any of the meanings of hon on a wah pedal? inless they just thought it would be cool looking...

[unownunown]

So the real question is why would they put any of the meanings of hon on a wah pedal? inless they just thought it would be cool looking...

it was probably that though they it would be cool looking.

japanese people are probably loling at this the same way english-speakers lol at engrish

[Mudfuzz]

true

[bigchiefbc]

That reminds me of this blog I check out every now and then. This guy tells people what all of their kanji tattoos actually mean. It is friggin hilarious.

http://hanzismatter.blogspot.com

[Mudfuzz]

Yeah you'd think if you were like going to have it TATOOED on you you might want to make sure YOU knew what it said first

edit: picard isn't strong enough...
Needs a blacker tint

[erik]

WTF DOES THE KANJI ON THE BBE WAH MEAN?!

it means True, Real or Main.

[The4455]

WTF DOES THE KANJI ON THE BBE WAH MEAN?!

ONe of my freinds is in japanes and this is what he said:
It's pronounced "hon" and it means "book". It is the second of three kanji in the word "Nihongo". Mind you, the half circles are not part of the kanji.

[Mudfuzz]

Just a thought... are we %100 that it is 本 in Japanese and not 本 in Chinese? I know nothing about Chinese... but still the thought did come to me... searching brings up.... books

[Mudfuzz]

So there we have it When you want a wah with a well read tone turn the page and buy a BBE

[devnulljp]

WTF DOES THE KANJI ON THE BBE WAH MEAN?!

It's hon/moto, means book, and looks stupid on a wah pedal. I wonder what they thought it meant?
At a stretch, it can also kinda mean true/real/origin, so maybe they mean shit just got real or it's the mother of all pedals or something?
You can use it to mean 'this' (like honjitsu for today) or main (like honsho for head office...)
It's also the counter used for long thin things (Japanese has a bunch of different words for things like that; think about how English has different words for groups of things, like a herd of cows and a flock of sheeple ... ), bu I still have no idea what they're trying to say by writing it without a number on a wah pedal.
Wonder if it's supposed to mean 'original' (which would be more like shohon: 正本 ?)

I'm leaning toward the way people get kanji tattoos for 'overhead cam shaft' thnking it means 'he who is strong of mind and spirit with an independent streak'

Japlish fail?



AFAIK the meaning is the same in Chinese, but I don't speak it so can't say for sure.

EDIT: Google translate Chinese -> English gives
1. noun
1. origin
2. basis
3. foundation
4. source
5. root
6. roots of plant
2. adjective
1. undergraduate
3. pronoun
1. this