Japanese writing system basics

Re:Japanese writing system basics by ju-st on Saturday August 20, 2016 @06:20AM (#12325948)

I interpret that character as "three boxes" so "goods" is a very intuitive translation :)

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Re:Japanese writing system basics by throwanem on Saturday August 20, 2016 @09:14AM (#12326437)

Yeah, I'm not sure what world you have to live in for "three-mouthed monster" to be a more obvious meaning for that glyph than "stacked crates".

But I think I might like to visit.

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Re:Japanese writing system basics by cheiVia0 on Saturday August 20, 2016 @02:07PM (#12327661)

I see you haven't gotten to the 4th paragraph of TFA...

"口" = mouth, not crate

"品" is a stack of mouth characters

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Re:Japanese writing system basics by throwanem on Saturday August 20, 2016 @02:35PM (#12327785)

I read the whole article, thanks. Do you think it's possible that more than one square or rectangular thing may exist?

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Re:Japanese writing system basics by comex on Saturday August 20, 2016 @04:22PM (#12328166)

According to kanjinetworks.com that is, in fact, what the etymology boils down to:

> Square-shaped object (tripled) → high-quality goods spread throughout a protective container (compare 舗 and 販) → quality; counter for goods; (person's) character; grade; value.

http://www.kanjinetworks.com/eng/kanji-dictionary/online-kan...

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