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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.

Unclassified
 File:SW China Mao sheaves.jpg|South West China. See: South West China Liberation Area 

Shan char.png
, Shandong/Shantung province in China. Stamps were issued for it as a part of the East China Communist Border Area and (later) Liberation Area.  File:Shandong Zhu De $1.jpg| See: East China File:E Chi Shnadong tall Mao solid label.jpg File:Shandong grenade thrower.jpg 

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

[[file:Shi character.png|35px]]
, Japanese offices in China  File:Japn off in China 20s.jpg 

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

Xi character.png
"Xi" in Chinese = "west".

Northwest China inscr.png
"Northwest People's Republic Post". "Northwest" is actually expressed as "west north" in Chinese.  File:NW China Great Wall.jpg|Northwest China region of the People's Republic of China. See: Northwest China 

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

Shaan.png
Character "Shaan" for Shaanxi, on stamps of the Northwest China Liberation Area.

Shaan Ga Ning border area.png
 File:NW China tower 4th.jpg|Northwest China. See: Northwest China 

Yu AAA.png
Japanese: = "post"; Chinese:  = "post".  File:Manchukuo yu.jpg|Manchukuo. The characters are presented in two parts. File:Manchukuo yuubin.jpg|Manchukuo. </Gallery>

Postal application.png
 File:Fukien surch.jpg|Fujian (Fukien) province of China. See: Fujian province </Gallery>

Hua character.png
Character reading "hua".

East China Post A.png or East China Post.png
"East China post". See: East China Liberation Area  File:East China Mao w hat.jpg|East China region. See: East China File:E China farmers.jpg|East China region, inscription at upper left with People's Republic inscription at right. File:E China map army.jpg|East China region, the inscription split between the two corner tablets. </Gallery>

South China post.png
"South China post". See: South China Liberation Area  File:S China 10c bridge.jpg </Gallery>

Ma charac.png
Character reading "ma".  File:Trengganu rect boxed.jpg|Trengganu under Japanese occupation. This overprint was also used on other Malay state issues. See: Trengganu </Gallery>

Asa character.png
, Japanese offices in Korea.  File:Japan off Korea 1.5s.jpg </Gallery>

Tomi character.png
Character reading "tomi" in Japanese.  File:Ryukyus miyako.jpg|Ryukyu Islands, provisional issue with Tomiyama personal seal for Miyako District. See: Ryukyu Islands </Gallery>

Oku.png
Character reading in Japanese "oku".  File:Penang Okugawa forgery.jpg|Penang, forgery of Okugawa personal seal handstamp. See: Penang </Gallery>

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

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. </Gallery>

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