Is there a meaning associated with upside-down kanji? I'm watching an anime ("The Irregular at Magic High School"), and in one scene (Season 1, Episode 23, 0:45), the kanji ("good fortune": < Colors are yellow-on-red.) appears on a wall-hanging in the background, but it's upside-down. Given the rest of the scene, it seems unlikely this is an accident by either the animators or the characters. (See the inset in < ) Is there a meaning associated with such a display? Mourning might fit the other things going on in the series, and might fit the meaning of this particular kanji (as "inverted good fortune"), but I haven't found references for such. Thank you.

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This is a common Chinese cultural symbol seen in Chinese-related residences. The Chinese-language expressionormeans _arrival_ _of fortune_ , and when hung in a house, it represents the _arrival of fortune at this house_.

{}is homophonous with{}( _overturn_ , {}); the overturned/upside-down nature of the symbol is a pun on.