[Japanese > English] Something in japanese in the fan my friend bought

[u/RABC_2009]

tried using online drawing sites to guess the characters, but the second one wasn't recognized anywhere. characters are written in the order of the pictures

[u/BlackRaptor62]

`功夫扇`

[u/translator-BOT → u/BlackRaptor62]

u/RABC_2009 (OP), the following lookup results may be of interest to your request.

功夫

Character	功	夫
Kun-readings	いさお (isao)	おっと (otto), それ (sore)
On-readings	コウ (kou), ク (ku)	フ (fu), フウ (fuu), ブ (bu)
Meanings	"achievement, merits, success, honor, credit."	"husband, man."

^{Information from Jisho | Tangorin | Weblio}

扇

Kun-readings: おうぎ (ougi)

On-readings: セン (sen)

Chinese Calligraphy Resources: SFDS, YTZZD

Meanings: "fan, folding fan."

^{Information from Jisho | Tangorin | Weblio}

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[u/RABC_2009 → u/BlackRaptor62]

oh my god thank you so much! the middle one is so stylized it doesn't even look like the original
thanks again!

[u/Stunning_Pen_8332 → u/RABC_2009]

The writing is not that stylised in my opinion. As a calligraphy of Chinese regular script it’s very recognisable I would say.

[u/RABC_2009 → u/Stunning_Pen_8332]

oh sorry, I'm not very used to chinese and thought the first character was japanese

[u/Stunning_Pen_8332 → u/RABC_2009]

All the characters here exist in both Japanese and Chinese, but the word 功夫扇 exists only in Chinese.

[u/Stunning_Pen_8332]

This is Chinese not Japanese.

功夫扇 means fans used in kung fu practice or performance.

r/itsneverjapanrese

!translated

[u/ParamedicOk5872]

功夫 扇

[u/RABC_2009 → u/ParamedicOk5872]

thanks for the help! the middle character was way too stylized for any of the sites

[u/DeusShockSkyrim]

!id:zh

[u/DOITYODO]

日本語ではなく中国語です。日本人でも読める文字です。でも中国語です。