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The company name of "Samsung" originates from the founder's admiration of Japanese companies such as Mitsubishi, known as "keiretsu" and their place in its econ
by moandcompany 2y ago
The 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...