Re: Upside Down Fu character

From: Leo Broukhis <leob_at_mailcom.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2012 11:10:41 -0800

Hi Andre,

Does the upside down character ever appear in plain printed text
(newspapers, books, fortune cookies), or only in drawings?

Leo

On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Andre Schappo <A.Schappo_at_lboro.ac.uk> wrote:
> The character 福 means
> happiness http://www.mdbg.net/chindict/chindict.php?page=chardict&cdcanoce=0&cdqchi=%e7%a6%8f
>
> Unicode entry: U+798F  CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-798F
>
> It is customary to use an upside-down version of 福 during the Spring
> Festival http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fu_character

> I am considering proposing an upside-down version of 福 for inclusion in
> Unicode. Not sure where it should go. Maybe - Enclosed Ideographic
> Supplement
>
> Thoughts?
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