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> Kanji are fun to learn, because they are constructive to some degree, and actually pictorial to some degree > actually pictorial to some degree Only in the

> Kanji are fun to learn, because they are constructive to some degree, and actually pictorial to some degree > actually pictorial to some degree Only in the same sense that star constellations are pictorial. https://youtu.be/unKrseRCOKo https://youtu.be/unKrseRCOKo I really feel like this is appropriate.

minikomi 4y ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0NOhrPyEM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0NOhrPyEM I thought you were going to link this guy but both work :)
Izkata 4y ago
There are some that are kinda funny when you first see them, for example: Tree: 木 Forest: 森
- thematrixturtle 4y ago
  Person: 人 Rest: 休 (person leaning against a tree)
  - hypertele-Xii 4y ago
    So you can't say "rest" without mentioning a tree? Finnish is funny in similar ways due to its ubiquitous forests. To "hunt" is "metsästää", "metsä" being "forest" the place you went to look for food.
    - CRConrad 4y ago
      You can say you metsästää for mushrooms (and other edibles) in the forest too, though, can't you? So maybe it's actually more of a direct correspondence to "forage". And, is that perhaps derived from / related to "forest"? (Or fodder?)
      - thematrixturtle 4y ago
        Not really, metsästää implies hunting for living things. There's a dedicated verb for mushroom foraging, sienestää, or you can say sienimetsässä, "in the mushroom forest".
      - hypertele-Xii 4y ago
        > can say you metsästää for mushrooms Someone with a quirky personality might say that :)
        CRConrad 4y ago
        Who, me? ;-) Nah, OK, so it seems I've misunderstood that then. Hei, vasta 27 v tässä pakkosuomen maassa...
- viceroyalbean 4y ago
  Some make direct sense like the tree/forest, others you have to deep dive into their history for them to make sense (if at all). For example, the character for people (民) comes from the image of a person being pierced through the eye, which was done to mark slaves in ancient China. Eventually the character and meaning evolved to the way it's used now.

minikomi 4y ago

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0NOhrPyEM https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD0NOhrPyEM I thought you were going to link this guy but both work :)

Izkata 4y ago

There are some that are kinda funny when you first see them, for example: Tree: 木 Forest: 森

thematrixturtle 4y ago
Person: 人 Rest: 休 (person leaning against a tree)
- hypertele-Xii 4y ago
  So you can't say "rest" without mentioning a tree? Finnish is funny in similar ways due to its ubiquitous forests. To "hunt" is "metsästää", "metsä" being "forest" the place you went to look for food.
  - CRConrad 4y ago
    You can say you metsästää for mushrooms (and other edibles) in the forest too, though, can't you? So maybe it's actually more of a direct correspondence to "forage". And, is that perhaps derived from / related to "forest"? (Or fodder?)
    - thematrixturtle 4y ago
      Not really, metsästää implies hunting for living things. There's a dedicated verb for mushroom foraging, sienestää, or you can say sienimetsässä, "in the mushroom forest".
    - hypertele-Xii 4y ago
      > can say you metsästää for mushrooms Someone with a quirky personality might say that :)
      - CRConrad 4y ago
        Who, me? ;-) Nah, OK, so it seems I've misunderstood that then. Hei, vasta 27 v tässä pakkosuomen maassa...
viceroyalbean 4y ago
Some make direct sense like the tree/forest, others you have to deep dive into their history for them to make sense (if at all). For example, the character for people (民) comes from the image of a person being pierced through the eye, which was done to mark slaves in ancient China. Eventually the character and meaning evolved to the way it's used now.