✅ SOLVED Chinese characters on brass ring

[McCDig]

Found this brass ring today with 4 Chinese characters on it.

Anyone out there find anything like this? Meaning of the characters is unknown to me.

 

[Deftone]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/517295-japenese-can-anyone-read.html

 

[McCDig]

I think the two characters on the right, when used in combination mean "to like".

 

[DCMatt]

http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/what/517295-japenese-can-anyone-read.html

As Deftone implies, a ring just like this was identified on another Tnet post last week.

 

[nhbenz]

Right, even if the characters weren't quite accurate (always possible on what was made as a novelty item) it is still a correct ID of the intended meaning and origin of the ring.

 

[Ripcon]

The characters are a very old Chinese that is no longer used. It basically says "Good Fortune" or "May the sun shine on you"

 

[McCDig]

Thanks for the translation!

 

[McCDig]

Thank you for the link to the post and also the 1938 advertisement.

 

[Deftone]

Congrats on the nice find. Best of luck to you in the future. < See what I did there? HH

 

[McCDig]

Ha-ha! That does have a nice "ring" to it.