"Kanji" on forum?

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  1. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Is it possible to get "kanji" characters to show up in posts on the board, rather than appearing as questions marks???
     
  2. plover

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Are you using Safari? I think this may be a browser issue.
     
  3. liquidsky

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    This is a browser or system-related issue.
    I routinely see kanji characters on a number of phpBB boards.
     
  4. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    I am using Safari...

    I will try with Firefox.

    Thanks!
     
  5. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Test:

    Marmit Vinyl Paradise = マーミット ビニールパラダイス

    That solved it!

    Thanks again.
     
  6. liquidsky

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Safari should work if that's your preferred browser.
     
  7. Dean

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Safari has always worked for me.
     
  8. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Back on Safari.

    Try it again.

    ????? ?????????

    No luck!

    This is exactly what I posted using Firefox and it worked fine.

    Any special settings I need to use in Safari?

    What do you guys have your "default encoding" set to under "Appearance" in Safari preferences?
     
  9. moriachi

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    I only use Safari, and saw your Kanji fine in the firefox post.
     
  10. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    I can see the Kanji on Safari - just can't post it to this board using Sarari for some reason. Firefox works. When I use Safari, it turns all the Kanji characters into question marks.

    Can anybody that is using Safari POST Kanji to this board? If so, there's something wrong with my Safari preferences or settings.
     
  11. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    PROTIP: That's not kanji
     
  12. Anonymous

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    Thanks Alice. Maybe you can help us all understand...

    I was using the term Kanji, inappropriately, to refer just to japanese fonts.

    Another protip I could use is how to make the japanese fonts show up in my posts here when I use Safari. Anybody?

    From Wikipedia:

    In modern Japanese, kanji are used to write parts of the language such as nouns, adjective stems and verb stems, while hiragana are used to write inflected verb and adjective endings (okurigana), particles, native Japanese words, and words where the kanji is too difficult to read or remember. Katakana is used for representing onomatopoeia, non-Japanese loanwords, and for emphasis on certain words.

    Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana and kanji; the Latin alphabet is also used in some cases. Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems, in which each symbol represents one mora. Each kana is either a vowel (such as a ?); a consonant followed by a vowel (such as ka ?); or n ?, a nasal sonorant which, depending on the context, sounds either like English m, n, or ng (IPA: [?]), or like the nasal vowels of French.

    Hiragana are used for words for which there are no kanji, including particles such as kara ?? "from," and suffixes such as ~san ?? "Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms."

    Hiragana are also used in words for which the kanji form is not known to the writer nor the readers or is too formal for the writing purpose. Verb and adjective inflections, as, for example, in tabemashita (?????? "ate"), BE MA SHI TA are written in hiragana. In this case, part of the root is also written in hiragana.

    Hiragana are also used to give the pronunciation of kanji in a reading aid called furigana. The article Japanese writing system discusses in detail when the various systems of writing are used.

    There are two main systems of ordering hiragana, the old-fashioned iroha ordering, and the more prevalent goj?on ordering.

    Katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin alphabet. The word katakana means "fragmentary kana," as they are derived from components of more complex kanji.

    Katakana are characterized by short straight strokes and angular corners, and are the simplest of the Japanese scripts.

    There are two main systems of ordering katakana, the old-fashioned iroha ordering, and the more prevalent goj?on ordering.
     
  13. hillsy11

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    What you posted was katakana. Alot of character names will be found on YJP! using that.
     
  14. enjoipanda

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    "Kanji" on forum?
    cool cheat sheet of yahoo JP things to search for. awesome page.


    http://www.collectiondx.com/node/801
     

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