Fan/Sensu Kanji Translation

[galberto7]

Hi!, i've got a fan from a local store, it's some kanji written but i don't know what do they mean... could you help me please?

There's a picture of the fan here since i don't know how to wirte them in the PC:

[raintree_leaf]

It means "to be patriotic", "to serve your country to the utmost".

[Datenshi]

I honestly cannot tell the second and last letters, but if I were to guess it looks suspiciously like Chinese. Or at least, traditional Japanese lettering from back when it was heavily influenced by traditional Chinese characters.

The first letter is most certainly the traditional hand of 「国」, or country. The third letter is 「忠」, which means loyalty. So I'll agree with the above.

[mopuis]

Nice sensu.

The phrase is 尽忠報国 (jin chu hou koku).
"Be royal and work for your country "
The first and 4th characters on your sensu are old form kanji.

Its origin is maybe an ancient Chinese story. (Just Maybe )
And this idiom was Shinsengumi's slogan. Shinsengumi is a counter-terrorism
squad in Kyoto around 1860. Some of its members appear in Gin Tama.

[dabura667]

盡忠報國