Taito (kanji)
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is a Japanese
indigenous kanji
(kokuji), consisting of 84 strokes
, which is the highest confirmed: by way of comparison, the simplest kanji has only one stroke, while the majority have fewer than thirty.
Taito is composed of two kanji ("cloud" (雲) and "dragon" (龍) repeated three times each for a total of six characters and has the meaning of "the appearance of a dragon
in flight". It has also been pronounced daito (だいと) and otodo (おとど), and may have been used in Japanese surnames
. While most references mentioned the character as a surname, no thorough investigation has been made, and no individual past or present is known to possess this surname.
The equivalent character in Traditional Chinese
, which is also the most complex Traditional Chinese character that can be input using the Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a, is 龘 (dá), which is composed of the dragon radical
represented three times, for a total of only 48 strokes.
There are two variations of the character (see images), the principal difference being the placement of the first dragon radical. In version 1 (with the possible readings daito and otodo), the first dragon radical is placed between the second and third cloud radicals (starting at the 25th stroke). In version 2 (read taito), the first dragon radical is written after the third cloud radical, starting at the 37th stroke.
Japanese writing system
The modern Japanese writing system uses three main scripts:*Kanji, adopted Chinese characters*Kana, a pair of syllabaries , consisting of:...
indigenous kanji
Kanji
Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters hanzi that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with hiragana , katakana , Indo Arabic numerals, and the occasional use of the Latin alphabet...
(kokuji), consisting of 84 strokes
Stroke (CJK character)
CJK strokes, also called CJK strokes or CJKV strokes are the calligraphic strokes needed to write the Chinese characters used in East Asia...
, which is the highest confirmed: by way of comparison, the simplest kanji has only one stroke, while the majority have fewer than thirty.
Taito is composed of two kanji ("cloud" (雲) and "dragon" (龍) repeated three times each for a total of six characters and has the meaning of "the appearance of a dragon
Japanese dragon
Japanese dragons are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore. Japanese dragon myths amalgamate native legends with imported stories about dragons from China, Korea and India. The style of the dragon was heavily influenced by the Chinese dragon...
in flight". It has also been pronounced daito (だいと) and otodo (おとど), and may have been used in Japanese surnames
Japanese name
in modern times usually consist of a family name , followed by a given name. "Middle names" are not generally used.Japanese names are usually written in kanji, which are characters of usually Chinese origin in Japanese pronunciation...
. While most references mentioned the character as a surname, no thorough investigation has been made, and no individual past or present is known to possess this surname.
The equivalent character in Traditional Chinese
Traditional Chinese character
Traditional Chinese characters refers to Chinese characters in any character set which does not contain newly created characters or character substitutions performed after 1946. It most commonly refers to characters in the standardized character sets of Taiwan, of Hong Kong, or in the Kangxi...
, which is also the most complex Traditional Chinese character that can be input using the Microsoft New Phonetic IME 2002a, is 龘 (dá), which is composed of the dragon radical
Radical (Chinese character)
A Chinese radical is a component of a Chinese character. The term may variously refer to the original semantic element of a character, or to any semantic element, or, loosely, to any element whatever its origin or purpose...
represented three times, for a total of only 48 strokes.
There are two variations of the character (see images), the principal difference being the placement of the first dragon radical. In version 1 (with the possible readings daito and otodo), the first dragon radical is placed between the second and third cloud radicals (starting at the 25th stroke). In version 2 (read taito), the first dragon radical is written after the third cloud radical, starting at the 37th stroke.