japanese question

[AdvancedRobotics]

I've been wondering about this for quite a while. In Capcom vs. SNK and other Street Fighter games, Akuma has this symbol appear on his back: http://mgt62.free.fr/Emulation...streetalpha2/akuma.jpg

there are other pictures of it if yoiu search Google images for Akuma. Does anyone know what it stands for?

thanks!

 

[Doggiedog]

Ten

Means heaven

 

[shimsham]

i dont know, but it took me forever to beat that bastard in super puzzle fighter.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Mecha-Gouki

 

[callmesteve]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Ten

Means heaven

What he said because well thats correct!

You can see it in other places such as the phrase "Tenjou Tenge":
"Heaven up Heaven down"

Meaning what's in the heaven's will come down to earth. Divine Punishment

 

[xospec1alk]

in chinese i think its sky.

 

[Mo0o]

Sky in chinese. It basically means Heaven

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Ten

Means heaven

When you say 'ten', i'm assuming you mean that's how it's pronounced. If yes, then it's similar to Chinese, which in Cantonese is pronounced more like 'teen'.

 

[AdvancedRobotics]

Awesome! Thanks a lot

 

[Doggiedog]

Originally posted by: Hardcore

Originally posted by: Doggiedog
Ten

Means heaven

When you say 'ten', i'm assuming you mean that's how it's pronounced. If yes, then it's similar to Chinese, which in Cantonese is pronounced more like 'teen'.

Its pronounced as spelled in Japanese. You can also read it as Ama. It is also the "ten" in Nintendo. Sky in Japanese is Sora or Ko, completely different words and characters.

There are a lot of similar sounding words in Japanese to Chinese because obviously thats where the language originated. There are usually multiple ways of reading kanji or Chinese characters in Japanese, normally one Chinese which is monosyllabic and one or more Japanese.