Now Viewing: dao_fuTag type: General 倒福 A symbol used as a good-luck charm in Chinese-speaking countries. It consists of an upside down "福" ("fu", fortune) in a red diamond. 倒 (dao, literally "upside-down") 福 (fu, "fortune" or "good luck") is a homonym of 到福 ("fortune arrives") in Chinese (and most dialects of Chinese). —Mangaka Kobayashi_Motofumi and military writer Umemoto Hiroshi ( ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E6%9C%AC%E5%BC%98 ) created fictional manga ( myanimelist.net/manga/76189/Happy_Tiger ) & novel ( www.amazon.co.jp/gp/searc...3%83%BC%E6%88%A6%E8%A8%98 ) stories titled Happy_Tiger, being inspired by a photo of the Dao Fu Tiger_I: commons.wikimedia.org/wik...eich%22,_Tiger-Panzer.jpg —Prune_Touri/Prune Tao-Li is a character from Armored_Core ("1" and "Armored_Core:_Master_of_Arena") whose AC mecha has the name & emblem "Tou-Fuku/Dao-Fu (倒福号)". See also: Chinese_New_Year Tag_Group:Symbols Tiger_I Tiger_I_(personification) External links: Wikipedia article on Fu (character): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_(character) Wiktionary definition of "福": en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A6%8F Other Wiki Information Last updated: 01/05/18 12:26 AM by surveyork This entry is not locked and you can edit it as you see fit. |
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