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No idea.
May be some local geographical name.

Sasha.


"Lewis Perin" > wrote in message
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> (Scott Dorsey) writes:
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>> [...]
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>> I may be able to scan and e-mail as a pdf. Would you be okay with that?

>
> Thanks for sending the PDF of a photo of the can. There are four
> characters, and unfortunately I was able to figure out only the first
> three:
>
> Cha = tea
> Xin = pith
> Lian = lotus
>
> To visualize the fourth character, think of quadrants. What you see
> is:
>
> NW = river (3 strokes)
> NE = head (9 strokes)
> SW = person (2 strokes)
> SE = spoon (2 strokes)
>
> Anyone know what character that forms?
>
> /Lew
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> Lew Perin /

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