A commission for a coworker to give as a gift to a friend.
He specifically asked for parts of the characters to be written in bright red ink.
I aimed to do this in a meaningful way:
- The first kanji means 愛 “love”. The red part 心 by itself means “heart”.
- The second kanji means 勝 “win”. The red part 力 by itself means “power”.
This is one really neat feature of kanji. They are often made up of parts which by themselves are separate kanji with their own meanings. Often the meaning of these simpler kanji is connected to the meaning of the more complex kanji.
