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I don't think you'd see a Japanese caught dead using one of China's simplified characters like 让! The character you picked for "hash" (井) was cute, but the act

by angus77 16y ago

I don't think you'd see a Japanese caught dead using one of China's simplified characters like 让! The character you picked for "hash" (井) was cute, but the actual word used in Japanese is "ハッシュ". You're welcome.

mkr-hn 16y ago
You should write some entries for kanjidamage.
- angus77 16y ago
  I'd never seen that site before. Too bad it wasn't around back in the Web 1.0 days---could've saved some headaches!
  - mkr-hn 16y ago
    What's great about it is that it's fun to read through the jukugo descriptions even if you don't plan to learn Japanese.
vorg 16y ago
I was just trying to make a point with the only N.E.Asian language I know anything about. If the Japanese had used 讓 in a programming language, someone somewhere would have added 让 as an alias, which would have quickly spread. As for 井, it looks like # , which I call "hash"; again, it might have spread.
- angus77 16y ago
  Tone of voice doesn't translate well into text---I wasn't picking on you. I was just being a nerd. But just to be irritating, I don't think anyone would've added the alias, as inputting a kanji from an IME is as simple as choosing it from a list---and the one you want (regardless of complexity) is usually the first one on the list. It would make more sense if the language was handwritten. I heard somewhere that Donald Knuth writes his software by hand before inputting it, but I'm pretty sure he's an exception.