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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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