# Please help me decipher this calligraphy

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**Category:** Japanese Language\
**Created:** [April 24, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-calligraphy/61593 "2023-04-24T15:30:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![tapsig](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/tapsig/32/475198_2.png) [@tapsig](https://community.wanikani.com/u/tapsig)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-calligraphy/61593/1 "2023-04-24T15:30:59Z")

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Hey community! I was gifted this piece of calligraphy. However, I am not sure what it means and/or how to decipher it.

 ![IMG_2272](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/3/d/c/3dc2882c6e663bd57ca3667f551533b4369f887e.jpeg)

Can you guys either help me with the kanji or recommend something I can use to narrow it down? Thank you so much, your help is very appreciated!

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**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 3:57pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-calligraphy/61593/2 "2023-04-24T15:57:23Z")

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Perhaps 淳, though I confess I’m not overflowing with confidence.

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**Author:** ![Thud](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/thud/32/2539_2.png) [@Thud](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Thud)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-calligraphy/61593/3 "2023-04-24T16:07:03Z")

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Guessing 法 on first principle, but I’m not sure.

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**Author:** ![Jonapedia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/jonapedia/32/309350_2.png) [@Jonapedia](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Jonapedia)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2023, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-calligraphy/61593/4 "2023-04-24T16:13:11Z")

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Fairly sure it’s 清 written in 草書 (full cursive). Some other examples:

 ![Screenshot 2023-04-24 at 18.12.56](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/3/2/632da89cc4dcea1e16e1305d8c46fd3c72d4ba40.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 4:13pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/please-help-me-decipher-this-calligraphy/61593/5 "2024-04-23T16:13:42Z")

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