<p>In collecting books, I've come across what appears to be an 1881 Chinese language bible.</p>

<p>Being able to read some Japanese, I'm sure of all of the characters in the title <code>書?經聖</code>, except for the 2nd one, which resembles <code>全</code>, but rather than a <code>人</code> at the top, it looks more like a <code>入</code> or <code>八</code>.</p>

<p>Without the ability to photograph/OCR it, I'm hoping someone could enlighten me.</p>

<p><strong>Update:</strong> It would seem the character is correct as <code>全</code>, though finding an exact match for the phrase in Google/Baidu is not successful.</p>

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2015-12-31T07:05:35.530Z
Brilliant! On the spine of the book, the characters are written horizontally as in the title, I was not aware that Hanzi/Kanji was sometimes read that way (vertical columns right to left, I was familiar with from Japanese, though...). Many thanks!
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書全經聖 - 1881 Chinese bible (what is the 2nd character?)
# 書全經聖 - 1881 Chinese bible (what is the 2nd character?)

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-12-31)

In collecting books, I've come across what appears to be an 1881 Chinese language bible.

Being able to read some Japanese, I'm sure of all of the characters in the title `書?經聖`, except for the 2nd one, which resembles `全`, but rather than a `人` at the top, it looks more like a `入` or `八`.

Without the ability to photograph/OCR it, I'm hoping someone could enlighten me.

**Update:** It would seem the character is correct as `全`, though finding an exact match for the phrase in Google/Baidu is not successful.

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> **username_0**: Brilliant! On the spine of the book, the characters are written horizontally as in the title, I was not aware that Hanzi/Kanji was sometimes read that way (vertical columns right to left, I was familiar with from Japanese, though...). Many thanks!  

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