On Jan 26, 9:46*pm, wrote:
> I should have said feel free to rotate the image 180'. *I showed that
> orientation because of the Traditional Radical zhi4. *That could be
> sheng upside down but the '6' doesnt look right for the top part of
> the character. *I used the Wubi wildcard input method to look at all
> characters with the top part of the zhi4 character. *I didnt see any
> possible matches. *There was a native Chinese speaker at the puer
> tasting. *I forgot to ask. *If I could just figure what strokes the 9
> or 6 represent.
>
> Jim
>
> On Jan 25, 5:18 pm, cha bing > wrote:
>
> > It almost looks like the character for "sheng", only upside down. I am
> > no native Chinese speaker, and no calligrapher, but this looks like a
> > four stroke character, and the last stroke seems kinda odd if this is
> > indeed right side up.

The character is indeed 'sheng', written in Xing-shu:
http://hzart.5d6d.com/thread-34-1-1.html
5th row from the right, 7th character from the bottom. Extend the
left hook and round the corner, join up the right, and extend the
base.