moneypenny20

Hey lovely FE/A people. This is a bit left field but I'm hoping someone can help. I have a very old charm bracelet and all the charms are Chinese I think, they may not be but from memory it was given to me by my great uncle who spent many years in Singapore but I thought I'd post in here as well as the Singapore Forum. This is one of the charms and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me what it means. (If anything). I don't know which is the front so have done both sides.

Thanks in advance.

bakedbean

I don't speak any of. Chinese languages but I think the pic on the right is the correct one, as I've seen one of those characters before. I've got a few friends who might know so I'll put a copy of the pic on my Facebook tomorrow and see if I get any sensible answers. Will report back here

Err...unless anyone on here knows......

moneypenny20

Oh thanks BB. Most of the other charms don't have a front and a back so it's hard to tell but if it's facing the same way as the abacus charm then the one on the right is the front.

bakedbean

OK Ms Moneypenny, I have the answer awready

Actually I have learnt something there as apparently the characters in Mandarin and Cantonese are different.

One of my friends is married to a Hong Kong Chinese (Cantonese speaking). My friend says that there are 3 blessings:
Fook
Luk
Sau

which translates to:
Good Life
Good Fortune
Good Longevity

You've got the middle one. So it means "Good Fortune". Hope you get some.

ex reg

bb I've always known the three blessings as Fu, Lu, Shou.

http://www.chinaculture.org/gb/en_ch...tent_72038.htm

Sally Redux

That's interesting. I have heard of them as three deities which are often displayed in the home to bring luck.

moneypenny20

You're a star BB. So the second pic is the front? And it's in Cantonese? Shame I can't wear it, it's too big. I've had it over 40 years and just get it out to look at every now and then.

bakedbean

Dunno ExReg....I'm just the messenger here. Maybe my chum's autocorrect kicked in