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>ケッカは〈七百四十壱をラムダする〉足す九百十九、 This was driving me nuts because I could see 740 in it, but not 741 like the translation. It turns out that 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used as '
by wccrawford 5y ago
>ケッカは〈七百四十壱をラムダする〉足す九百十九、
This was driving me nuts because I could see 740 in it, but not 741 like the translation.
It turns out that 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used as 'one' in legal documents instead of the more common 一.
I've still got a long way to go learning Japanese.
- retrac 5y agoAll the numbers have secondary forms with extra strokes. (In Chinese too.) It's originally an anti-fraud/legibility technique. But they sometimes get used in formal/legal contexts just because. (One stroke turns 十 10 into 千 1000 otherwise, which is problematic on something like a cheque.)
- wccrawford 5y agoBrilliant. Thanks!