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@bemmu is that a square symbol or something else?

• ggreer 10y ago
  It's the kanji for mouth. Depending on context, it can be pronounced "kuchi", "guchi", or "kou". That's the big problem with logographic writing systems: there's no connection between the symbol and the sound. Japanese lets you fall-back to phonetic alphabet, but other languages (Chinese) don't have that feature. Still, that was a fun post to read.
  • Gigablah 10y ago
    Not to mention that the katakana for "ro" looks really similar depending on font: ロ
    • tasnent 10y ago
      But there's usually context given.
  • chaostheory 10y ago
    It's also hanzi character for mouth, the Chinese ideograph system that Kanji is derived from
  • jpt4 10y ago
    Curiously, a stereotypical infant directed speech instance that seems distinctly "oral" [0] is the union of those three options: "coo-chee, goo-chee, [k|g]oo". [0] Perhaps only idiosyncratically.