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minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m no expert, but it was described to me years ago by native Chinese speakers that many of the characters are written like that 🤩 “Man”, “woman”, “cart”, “gate/door”, etc. Pictograph origins🖖🏼.
minus-squareNot_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·2 months agoheres those kanji for reference: Person: 人 Man: 男 Woman: 女 Cart: 車 Gate: 門
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago@Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com Thanks! 🤩🖖🏼 Also, is “man” essentially a field character atop a sword/weapon one?
minus-squareNot_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoI think the lower part カ I think means power, so field power, ie. A man has the power to plow a field
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoAh! I had them mixed up, as sword seems a very close relative: 刀 vs. カ
minus-squarewyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoIsn’t that Waymo? 🤪 Ah, good ol’ End/Not Future. What a prescient malaprop.
I’m no expert, but it was described to me years ago by native Chinese speakers that many of the characters are written like that 🤩 “Man”, “woman”, “cart”, “gate/door”, etc. Pictograph origins🖖🏼.
heres those kanji for reference:
Person: 人
Man: 男
Woman: 女
Cart: 車
Gate: 門
@Not_mikey@lemmy.dbzer0.com Thanks! 🤩🖖🏼
Also, is “man” essentially a field character atop a sword/weapon one?
I think the lower part カ I think means power, so field power, ie. A man has the power to plow a field
Ah! I had them mixed up, as sword seems a very close relative: 刀 vs. カ
How bout 未 vs 末 ?
Isn’t that Waymo? 🤪 Ah, good ol’ End/Not Future. What a prescient malaprop.