Does anyone here understand Chinese? I need a translation.

margecat

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Before I use this fabric on an item for sale, I want to make sure the Chinese is nothing naughty. I am worried because, when I hover my Google translate app over it, the word on the right says "You", and the word on the left, or at least the only letter I can get, is "F"! I did look it up in the pc site, but those words don't look like mine. I personally think it's made-up "Chinese" for the design motif. Thanks!
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Here's what I did with the fabric, and a before picture of the jewelry box:
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(disclaimer: I don't know Chinese, just live in Asia, so have some familiarity with decorative items and how scripts work. )
It does look made up, but the closest thing I found was the character for blessing: 福 , which I then found on things like lamps and ornaments with highly stylized script. I think maybe someone saw those and tried to recreate it without actually knowing what it was?
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Just a guess!
 

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It does look a bit made up to me.

The kanji Xraystyle Xraystyle posted is pronounced fuku in Japanese, it means Luck.


I think the one on your fabric is either someone trying to copy that kanji without fully understanding how it's written, or maybe someone being a bit creative with their way of writing it.
 
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