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Re:Linux TTY font for Chinese, but treat it as a syllabic wr... by nneonneo on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:06PM (#39698654)
Japanese do have shinjitai characters which are also simplified, but differently, although there are definitely fewer such characters than in Simplified Chinese.

My favorite is the simplification of 龍 (dragon) - in Simplified Chinese, they took the right hand side and derived 龙; in Japanese Shinjitai, they took the left hand side and obtained 竜.

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Re:Linux TTY font for Chinese, but treat it as a syllabic wr... by karmasimida on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @07:35PM (#39698875)
Chinese speakers would probably think it is 龟 instead loll
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Re:Linux TTY font for Chinese, but treat it as a syllabic wr... by SuperNinKenDo on Wednesday March 13, 2024 @08:06PM (#39699095)
I learned Japanese first, and 龟 still regularly trips me up when reading simplified characters.
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