Question re Chinese (?) character meaning.

[silverweb]

Last edited Sun Nov 17, 2013, 05:30 PM - Edit history (1)

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I've just been learning about Greenpeace's Detox campaign. A prominent part of the logo for that campaign is what appears to be an Asian language character in place of the "x" in "detox."

My curiosity is killing me and I want to know what that character is and means. I've read the whole Greenpeace page on the campaign, including the manifesto, and can't find a clue.

I just know there's a DUer who can shed light on the origin/meaning of that end character.

On Edit: On further search, I like this version of the Detox campaign logo even better:

[enlightenment]

1. water - so sayth the Greenpeace website.

November 8, 2012

Q'orianka Kilcher: "Last Friday at my debut concert in Santa Monica, my bandmates and I all wore Detox tattoos and t-shirts in support of this fantastic campaign. Best of all we also had many of our fans sport one of the temporary tattoos and get up on stage with us to make a unified statement for a toxic-free world! The "X" in the "Detox" tattoo we wore is the Chinese symbol for water -- a precious resource we all share, and something that also touches all of our lives no matter where we are from." Read more...

http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/campaigns/toxics/water/detox/Detox-Timeline/

[silverweb]

4. How did I miss that???

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Sorry.... I was sure I'd searched thoroughly.

[enlightenment]

5. Don't apologize! :)

You searched the site - I used a google string: detox campaign chinese character

(Research methods is something I teach, so maybe a head-start there?)

[silverweb]

8. Awesome!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I can always count on DUers to enlighten me.

[arcane1]

2. Looks like shui (pronounced like "shway") which means "water"

[silverweb]

7. Bonus information!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Thanks!

[arcane1]

10. For bonus points:

It's also the shui in "feng shui", which literally means "wind water". Impress your friends at the next party

[silverweb]

12. Ohhhhhhhhh...

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I'm not much of a party person, but will certainly find a way to share this knowledge.

Thank you, arcane one!

[LiberalElite]

3. google agrees:

https://www.google.com/search?q=chinese+character+for+water&rlz=1C1AFAB_enUS444&espv=210&es_sm=122&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=wymJUoypLoXJ4APnoIGQDw&ved=0CC0QsAQ&biw=1600&bih=79

[silverweb]

9. Thanks so much.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Please see my post #6.

[silverweb]

6. Thanks, everyone.

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Now I feel like an idiot.

I totally forgot that someone here already showed me how to search by image, not just word.

OK. I'll just go have another cup of coffee now.

[LiberalElite]

11. no prob

who thinks of everything all the time? I didn't search by image btw.

[silverweb]

14. Much appreciated.

[arcane1]

13. If it makes you feel better, I have no idea how to search by image.

[silverweb]

15. YAY, I get to share something I know!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]To search by image, go here and click on the little camera. You'll then be prompted to paste or upload an image or its URL.

Do that, search, and, voilà -- the requested image found around the web!

[arcane1]

16. Sweet!! Thanks!!

Information bartering, I love it

[silverweb]

17. Same here!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]Share the knowledge, share the power!