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I wonder if they had 3 CEOs because the name means 3 stars in korean
by yard2010 2y ago
I wonder if they had 3 CEOs because the name means 3 stars in korean
- moandcompany 2y agoThe company name of "Samsung" originates from the founder's admiration of Japanese companies such as Mitsubishi, known as "keiretsu" and their place in its economy; he hoped that his company would also endure as a shining symbol in the sky, like stars. Mitsubishi means three stars in Japanese language. Samsung the company started as something resembling a dry goods market.
- themaninthedark 2y agoPendant correction: The bishi in Mitsubishi translates more closely to rhombus or diamond.
- kurthr 2y agoI thought Mitsubishi was 三菱 for Three Diamonds? Seems to go better with their log. Mitsuboshi, 三つ星, would I think be for three stars, particularly the stars of Orion's belt. "According to Samsung's founder, the meaning of the Korean hanja Samsung (三星) is three stars." https://news.samsung.com/global/20-things-you-didnt-know-about-samsung https://news.samsung.com/global/20-things-you-didnt-know-abo...
- moandcompany 2y agoTechnically correct is the best kind of correct. Symbolically, in this context, they were seen as diamonds in the sky, aka stars :)
- nine_k 2y ago菱 is "water chestnut", a nut that actually is spiky, the <> figures are a stylization of that. 菱形, that is, "water chestnut-shaped" is indeed used for what's called "diamond-shaped" in English, maybe hence the confusion.
- m4rtink 2y agoI thought Mitsubishi means 3 diamonds ? https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/about/history/logo/logo_more.html https://www.mitsubishielectric.com/en/about/history/logo/log...