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Other Chinese character/hanji/kanji inscriptions

Use the first character in the inscription. Remember that inscriptions can be read left to right or right to left.

Kita A.png
, North Borneo under Japanese occupation, overprinted on Japanese stamps, reading right to left.  File:North Borneo occup A.jpg 

Character BBB.png
, Philippines, under Japanese occupation. It reads left to right.  File:Philippines occ inscr.jpg 

Army character.png
Military stamp.  File:Japan Military.jpg|Forgeries exist. File:Malacca large boxed.jpg|Malacca under Japanese occupation. See: Malacca 

Yu AAA.png
Japanese: = "post"; Chinese:  = "post".  File:Manchukuo yu.jpg|Manchukuo. The characters are presented in two parts. File:Manchukuo yuubin.jpg|Manchukuo. File:Fukien surch.jpg|Fukien province of China. 

Chinese one.png
This is the old style character for "one", now written as.  File:Japan inscr 1sen.jpg|1872 Japan 1 sen dragon. There are many forgeries. 

Sen old.png
This is read "sen". It is no longer written this way, now.  File:Japan inscr C.jpg|Japan, 1871 200 mon dragon. There are many forgeries. 

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