Fortune-telling symbols

[Tangent]

Hi, I just wanted to know whether there were any websites where you can use a graphics tablet to draw in Japanese characters and get a translation? Its just that my friend has this weird, Japanese fortune-telling bottle...thing and when you tip it upside down it gives you answers to questions and we have no idea what they mean!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Nattybumppo]

Originally Posted by Tangent

Hi, I just wanted to know whether there were any websites where you can use a graphics tablet to draw in Japanese characters and get a translation? Its just that my friend has this weird, Japanese fortune-telling bottle...thing and when you tip it upside down it gives you answers to questions and we have no idea what they mean!

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nothing that like exists, I'm pretty sure. You could use a tablet to draw them in the IME handwriting input, but that would require you knowing the stroke order for the characters.

Your best bet is probably to make an image yourself (just draw them yourself in paint or photoshop or something) and give us a link so we can tell you what they say.

[Tangent]

Thanks for your help. Urm...here is a crude screenshot of a drawing of one of the little fortunes that fall out of the bottle. It is blue as well by the way if that means anything to anyone?

[Nattybumppo]

First one: "Let's take it easy!"
Second one: Are you sure you wrote this correctly? It means "Sueyoshi," which is someone's name, but it doesn't make any sense to me outside of that.