What do the two asian symbols/characters on the official FIFA 2002
baseball cap translate to?  I'm guessing that one character is Korean
and the other Japanese.  Which is which?  The cap is pictured here:
http://r1.us.rmi.yahoo.com/rmi/http://shop.fifaworldcup.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/en/-/EUR/FF_DisplayProductInformation-Start;sid=klOilnzeixWisUHwux96KlTcqmx0-P7o5A0=/rmivars%3ftarget=_top?ProductID=3tjYvChCaToAAADtwXk0Kn3b

advTHANXance!

Dear asciiquestion,

Thanks for your question,

The characters on the cap mean zu qiu or - what is perhaps not very
surprising - "soccer"

They are most likely Korean, but in any case come from the Chinese
characters with that meaning.

Sorry I could not offer you anything more exotic.

Best regards,

Fons

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Clarification of Answer by fons-ga on 11 Jul 2002 18:52 PDT

O yes: the search strategy? I asked my girlfriend, she is Chinese.

You guys rock !!!

There's nothing Korean or Japanese about the characters... they're
completely chinese, meaning soccer as fons-ga correctly points out.

Awesome cap, though.

By the way, if you're curious, Korean pronunciation of the two
characters would be roughtly "chook-goo" (soccer).

P.S.  Love your search strategy -- had I known your girlfriend, I
would have asked her too! ;->