Goku's gi & kanji on Namek

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Goku's gi & kanji on Namek

Post by mrkitano » Sat Nov 26, 2005 11:55 am

Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows the meaning of Goku's character written on his Gi while in Namek?
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Post by VegettoEX » Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:13 pm

mrkitano wrote:Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows the meaning of Goku's character written on his Gi while in Namek?
I don't quite remember which one it is on Namek, but:

If it's go 悟, that's the first kanji of his name (Son Goku 孫悟空). If it's the Kaiô symbol, it's... err... the Kaiô symbol :P. That kanji actually doesn't really exist; it's a combination of the kai and ô symbols that Toriyama threw together to create something new (which is how many kanji were created, in the first place, anyway). In a nutshell, kai means "world", and the ô means "king" or "lord". So yeah, it's just the character's name... but his name is a description... kinda weird ^_~.
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Post by mrkitano » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:08 pm

Thanks, VegettoEX! I think that's the one, if I remember correctly! So, he chose his own kanji this time. Makes sense.
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Post by Bejiita » Sat Nov 26, 2005 2:28 pm

Yes it's definately the one that says 'go'. I remember the symbol.
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Re: Goku's Gi in Namek

Post by Daimao » Sat Nov 26, 2005 3:59 pm

VegettoEX wrote:In a nutshell, kai means "world", and the ô means "king" or "lord". So yeah, it's just the character's name... but his name is a description... kinda weird ^_~.
Kaio is more of a title. His given name, of course is Glinda. :wink:
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Post by VegettoEX » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:33 pm

Daimao wrote:His given name, of course is Glinda.
You realize that I'm using this as proof from now on.

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Post by mrkitano » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:40 pm

Does that mean that Kaio is the King of the World? :lol:

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Re: Goku's Gi in Namek

Post by Jerseymilk » Sat Nov 26, 2005 4:46 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
Daimao wrote:His given name, of course is Glinda.
You realize that I'm using this as proof from now on.

8)
You should do something with that for your next April Fool's joke Mike. 8)
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Re: Goku's Gi in Namek

Post by Dominator » Sat Nov 26, 2005 5:43 pm

VegettoEX wrote:
Daimao wrote:His given name, of course is Glinda.
You realize that I'm using this as proof from now on.

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I don't get it.
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Re: Goku's Gi in Namek

Post by Mike D » Sat Nov 26, 2005 8:01 pm

Dominator wrote:
VegettoEX wrote:
Daimao wrote:His given name, of course is Glinda.
You realize that I'm using this as proof from now on.

8)
I don't get it.
Glinda:Image

If that's not enough proof...
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Post by Dayspring » Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:38 pm

Glinda flew away in a bubble, Kaio has monkey names "Bubbles"... Need we really go on? :D
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Post by desirecampbell » Sat Nov 26, 2005 10:49 pm

Dayspring wrote:Glinda flew away in a bubble, Kaio has monkey names "Bubbles"... Need we really go on? :D
Glinda has insect-like wings, so does Gregory.

Both are from the world beyond (Mortal realm, Afterlife. Kansass, Oz)

Both are part of a quartet, distributed among the compass directions. And both are representatives for the North.
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Post by Daimao » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:08 am

desirecampbell wrote:Both are part of a quartet, distributed among the compass directions. And both are representatives for the North.
That's the one I was fishing for.
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Post by Slickmasterfunk » Sun Nov 27, 2005 1:49 am

I asked this same question back in February. Julian gave me a really good answer.

http://db.schuby.org/daizex/viewtopic.p ... ght=#31155
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