Here is a photo of my Auntie Joan and my cousins Bob and Jeni at the front door to the Ranch House circa 1962. The Chinese character on the door is "Fook" in Cantonese or "Fu" in Mandarin meaning good luck or good fortune.
From Auntie Soo-Yin "The word "fook" means "good fortune," according to Ah Gung (San Tong). He asked grandmother Leong Shee to choose a word to bless our new home, which was meant to be our family's permanent headquarters. Leong Shee chose fook (Fu in Mandarin). My father explained to me that the most respected elder in a family has the honor of blessing a new home."
From my cousin,Ming, "The word is “fook” 福, which means happiness, fortune or blessing. It is also part of Jimmy’s Chinese name. You may notice a discrepancy between the left-most strokes on the left between the character on the email and on the door. According to Betty, the door uses “classical” strokes, while the character in the email is Chinese traditional."
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