I need a quick confirmation

[L-A]

Before I make a cultural mess of my next illustration, I'd like to know if this is the appropriate traditional Chinese symbol for "loneliness".

Thanks in advance

It's a deadline-heavy week for me, so jokes are welcome too.

[MakiSupaStar]

Originally Posted by L-A

Before I make a cultural mess of my next illustration, I'd like to know if this is the appropriate traditional Chinese symbol for "loneliness".

Thanks in advance

It's a deadline-heavy week for me, so jokes are welcome too.

I ran it by my wife and she said it's correct. It means the same thing to Japanese people too.

[Chunk-O-Funk]

loneliness?

Didn't you know you can meet people in your area and get action *tonight*?
Just don't believe the pictures.

[Jimmy Bones]

If I can find my dictionary, I can get you several characters and character combinations for lonliness.

Keep in mind that in Mandarin, most actual spoken words are made up of two or more characters, generally both meaning generally the same thing.

寂寞 is one way. I don't know the pronunciation, dunno the characters, but that's a quick babelfish look. Once I find my 汉英字典 I'll give you more.

[Jimmy Bones]

Here are some more:

凄凉
单独
孤单

[Jimmy Bones]

偶影

This is my favorite, from an artistic point of view. It's more poetic. Loosely translated, ou2ying3, means loneliness by indicating that a person has only his own shadow. It's brilliant and makes a lot of sense in characters.

Your gu1 calligraphy is nice though.

[ehque]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Bones

Here are some more:

凄凉
单独
孤单

And there we are. There are a lot of words that can mean loneliness in Chinese.

Racially chinese here.

[ehque]

Originally Posted by Jimmy Bones

If I can find my dictionary, I can get you several characters and character combinations for lonliness.

Keep in mind that in Mandarin, most actual spoken words are made up of two or more characters, generally both meaning generally the same thing.

寂寞 is one way. I don't know the pronunciation, dunno the characters, but that's a quick babelfish look. Once I find my 汉英字典 I'll give you more.

Its ji4muo4 / ji4mo4 if i'm not wrong. I was thinking of this word rather than the gu1 which he uses, since (i think) gu1 has many other meanings as well. gu1dan1 will be good as well.

EDIT: Oh, and if you notice, the last stroke comes from the horizontal bar, rather than the second vertical, at least in simplified chinese.

[L-A]

Wow, thank you guys. Unfortunately, at this point it would be rather awkward to try to integrate two following symbols. I'll stick with this one, especially since my basic composition is aimed towards a North American audience, meaning the symbol is a second-level interpretation.