<p>I actually a bit skeptical about this calligraphy, because the semantic (meaning) is a bit confusing, is it 普通话 or 白话 or 福建话 or any other dialects? If it is 普通话, then..</p>
<p>From last to first, I can only identify the last 4 characters, that is <code>晚春</code> wan3 chun2, means <code>night spring</code>.</p>
<p>The middle one might be <code>大念</code> means <code>big aspiration</code> or something, since <code>念</code> is like <code>怀念</code> or <code>念想</code>. It is illogical to say that the middle one is <code>贪</code>, because <code>贪污</code> means embezzlement (in political context) and even <code>包含</code> in <code>含满</code> and <code>包含</code> . So I'll go with <code>念 nian4</code> instead of <code>贪 tan1</code> and <code>含 han2</code>.</p>

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Arren 翼挺
<p>not quite sure about the three characters in the middle, perhaps 梅-二-大-？（含？舍？）-晚-春</p>

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<p>Can you help me read these, or help me identify the characters? They're written on the backing paper of a scroll painting, probably from my great grandmother from about 1925. I’ve tried two different OCR packages and get nothing. <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/JtLje.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Here are</a> a picture of the painting, the inscriptions on its back, and my attempts to trace the inscriptions for use with OCR.</p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/B4VMW.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/B4VMW.jpg" alt="image of first inscription" /></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/xjAmV.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/xjAmV.jpg" alt="image of second inscription" /></a></p>

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2022-02-14T00:28:41.273Z
All I can make out of is 梅: ? ? 晚春
Tang Ho
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2022-02-14T00:55:19.937Z
maybe “梅梅大x” & “皖x”, imo 
水巷孑蠻
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2022-02-14T23:53:23.073Z
methinks, great grandma won't win any calligraphy prizes! I asked someone who is usually good at this to look, but no, undecipherable! Personally, I think the first 3 may be: 枚二大，but I am not a reliable source for deciphering squiggles!
Pedroski
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2022-02-15T01:12:21.613Z
Thank you so much for trying! You are doing much better at it than I can. I hope someone can still make sense of it.
Tim Leonard
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2022-02-15T01:24:56.380Z
By the way, where is the first inscription located on the painting? It doesn't seem to be the one right above the seal. I suppose the location of the writing might give it some context that could help determining its meaning.
Elliot Yu
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2022-02-16T02:08:06.047Z
Both inscriptions are on the outside of the backing paper.
Tim Leonard
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Can you read this, or at least help me identify the characters?
# Can you read this, or at least help me identify the characters?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2022-02-13)

Can you help me read these, or help me identify the characters? They're written on the backing paper of a scroll painting, probably from my great grandmother from about 1925. I’ve tried two different OCR packages and get nothing. [Here are](https://i.sstatic.net/JtLje.jpg) a picture of the painting, the inscriptions on its back, and my attempts to trace the inscriptions for use with OCR.

[![image of first inscription](https://i.sstatic.net/B4VMW.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/B4VMW.jpg)
[![image of second inscription](https://i.sstatic.net/xjAmV.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/xjAmV.jpg)

**Tags:** translation, reading
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: All I can make out of is 梅: ? ? 晚春  
> **username_2**: maybe “梅梅大x” & “皖x”, imo   
> **username_3**: methinks, great grandma won't win any calligraphy prizes! I asked someone who is usually good at this to look, but no, undecipherable! Personally, I think the first 3 may be: 枚二大，but I am not a reliable source for deciphering squiggles!  
> **username_0**: Thank you so much for trying! You are doing much better at it than I can. I hope someone can still make sense of it.  
> **username_4**: By the way, where is the first inscription located on the painting? It doesn't seem to be the one right above the seal. I suppose the location of the writing might give it some context that could help determining its meaning.  
> **username_0**: Both inscriptions are on the outside of the backing paper.  

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2023-07-14. Score: 1

I actually a bit skeptical about this calligraphy, because the semantic (meaning) is a bit confusing, is it 普通话 or 白话 or 福建话 or any other dialects? If it is 普通话, then..

From last to first, I can only identify the last 4 characters, that is `晚春` wan3 chun2, means `night spring`.

The middle one might be `大念` means `big aspiration` or something, since `念` is like `怀念` or `念想`. It is illogical to say that the middle one is `贪`, because `贪污` means embezzlement (in political context) and even `包含` in `含满` and `包含` . So I'll go with `念 nian4` instead of `贪 tan1` and `含 han2`.


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### Answer by username_6 on 2022-02-18. Score: 0

not quite sure about the three characters in the middle, perhaps 梅-二-大-？（含？舍？）-晚-春


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