May 22, 2010
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This isn’t actually kanji, but it is related to Japanese. This is the Siddham script (梵字 bonji in Japanese), a syllabary used for writing ancient Sanskrit that has long since died out in India but is kept alive by Japanese monks and calligraphers. The monument in the photo is a grave marker in Fukuoka. Nowadays, Siddham characters are somewhat popular as symbols for tattoos and t-shirts.

This isn’t actually kanji, but it is related to Japanese. This is the Siddham script (梵字 bonji in Japanese), a syllabary used for writing ancient Sanskrit that has long since died out in India but is kept alive by Japanese monks and calligraphers. The monument in the photo is a grave marker in Fukuoka. Nowadays, Siddham characters are somewhat popular as symbols for tattoos and t-shirts.

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