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Not much context there, so sorry if I'm way off track, but is there any possibility of confusion with 科目?

Nope, I swear the dipper is the left radical and the eye is the right in a single character. Actually it's supposed to be a place name ([斗目]海岸)　or "[whatever-the-heck-that-kanji-is] Beach" and I did hear it say that place was a "little known spot" so maybe it's just a made-up character. Especially since there's apparently no such thing as a "metsukuri" (目つくり).

I found an obscure island called 目斗嶼 (in which the kanji you mention is actually two kanji). It's on this page in Japanese Wikipedia:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E6%B2%99%E9%83%B7

That's my best guess. Possibly made up and based on this place.

Oh, sorry I've noticed I managed to reverse the kanji. But anyway I still think it's probably two kanji.

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"Understanding Japanese Name Translation"
http://japanese-speaker.blogspot.com/2010/01/understanding-japanese-name-translation.html

Okay, I finally identified the kanji: 湘. And apparently the kanji is so uncommon that I couldn't find it in my little character dictionary >_>

Thanks for the follow-up, but do you have an explanation why the kanji you identified (湘) doesn't look like the kanji given in the picture in the original post.

Posted By: ItAintEazy

[p]Okay, I finally identified the kanji: 湘. And apparently the kanji is so uncommon that I couldn't find it in my little character dictionary >_>[/p]

That character is even on the list of most frequently appearing kanji.

http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E6%B9%98

Posted By: Richard

[p]Thanks for the follow-up, but do you have an explanation why the kanji you identified (湘) doesn't look like the kanji given in the picture in the original post.[/p]

Well, I obviously combined two radicals due to the kanji being handwritten and seen from a distance. I'm sure people are allowed to make a couple of mistakes along the road, right?

Posted By: louis

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Posted By: ItAintEazy

[p]Okay, I finally identified the kanji: 湘. And apparently the kanji is so uncommon that I couldn't find it in my little character dictionary >_>[/p]

[p]That character is even on the list of most frequently appearing kanji.[/p][p]http://jisho.org/kanji/details/%E6%B9%98[/p][/quote]

Well, in that case, it's time to get a new dictionary :^\

OK, fair enough. Just a little confused, because you sounded so definite about what it looked like when you originally posted. If it really was a very obscure kanji I wondered if it might not be displaying properly or something like that.