Hi all, I need help!!!

My mom bought a vase (kinda) thing. Theres a symbol, I think Chinese, though it may be Japanese. If someone could give me the translation there might be a reward. Picture is below:
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh299/GeWarIverson3/100_1413.jpg

It means "your house is the safest place when you are alone and using a hat".



:p

it means 'wind' in Traditional Chinese characters.
it often implicate 'flow' or 'style' or 'tasteful'.
not very professional.

It means "your house is the safest place when you are alone and using a hat".



:p

very funny!
the word under the hat is 'insect',it also means a insect will hide under a hat
when the strong wind come. :D

well, although I don´t speak anything in chinese, what I wrote is near the real meaning, using only some good sense...

maybe chinese is not thaaaaat dificult for us from the west...

:)

The Best Language in the world--the Chinese !
Both using Characters and Letters,efficient usage of our right brain and left brain.

The Best Language in the world--the Chinese !
Both using Characters and Letters,efficient usage of our right brain and left brain.

Yeah I've heard that before, and I also believe that. Although someone might explain to me why I can write 'wind' much faster that you can write those symbols which you see in the picture :p. Most likely because our writing is 1 continues motion of a single line through each word?

It means "your house is the safest place when you are alone and using a hat".



:p

so that the wind cant blow it away? :D

歌曲：像风一样自由
歌手：许巍
词曲:许巍 专辑：在路上

我像风一样自由
就像你的温柔无法挽留
你推开我伸出的双手
你走吧最好别回头
无尽的漂流自由的渴求
所有沧桑独自承受
我给你温柔你拒绝接受
我给你双手真实的感受
我给你自由记忆的长久
我给你所有但不能停留
我像风一样自由

Yeah I've heard that before, and I also believe that. Although someone might explain to me why I can write 'wind' much faster that you can write those symbols which you see in the picture :p. Most likely because our writing is 1 continues motion of a single line through each word?
when we type chinese characters,two ways could be choosed.
one is first you read out the letters(we call it pinyin) of the chracter in your mind,like"風",we read it as "feng",then we type f e n g one by one, there would be a characters list,then we can choose the "風" in the list(you know our one pinyin may stands for three or more characters).

as i thought,the"風" in the lantern means:風生水起.
现在比喻事情做的特别好,一定的时间里就发展的特别快,能迅速壮大起来.
风生，风吹起来了；水起，水涌动起来了。风生水起，有大动静了。
that's means:the wind blows and the water rolls,There will be something big happens(usually nice things).