So I'm in Japanese, but my uncle has this box that has a kanji (hanzi) on it that I don't think is in Japanese. I think it's 示 on the left (even though it's not abbreviated into 礻), and then 畐. I could be completely off-base, though. Here's a picture: http://i.imgur.com/gd6ag.jpg

Thanks in advance.

You're right - it's definitely a 福 with the normal 示. However, I've no idea why they chose to write it that way.

It's the form shown in Kangxi zidian 康熙字典 , http://www.kangxizidian.com/kangxi/0845.gif , near the right-hand side. A series showing the evolution of this character can be found at zdit http://www.zdic.net/zd/zi/ZdicE7ZdicA6Zdic8F.htm . Click on the 字源字形 tab and you can see them.

Thanks again. It was on a box that belonged to my uncle, and he had always been curious what it meant.

@pts Is your avatar a variant of "biang2" ?

No. It is just a simple demonstration of how easily one create a character with one more stroke than a given character.

That is a very common way to write that in Taiwan. The street signs (as far as I have seen) here all use that exact form.