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Re:On clock faces, 4 is Expressed as IIII, not IV by jddj on Friday March 15, 2024 @11:48PM (#39723223)
Japanese changed a couple too. From memory the pronunciation/written form of 4(?) was changed in some cases because it resembled death
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Re:On clock faces, 4 is Expressed as IIII, not IV by xandrius on Saturday March 16, 2024 @03:20AM (#39723947)
In Japanese its often the case that a kanji has different ways of reading it, so it's not just that.
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Re:On clock faces, 4 is Expressed as IIII, not IV by dhosek on Saturday March 16, 2024 @06:37PM (#39730099)
The only Japanese number form change I’m aware of is a special form for one (一) (and possibly two 二) to prevent them from being altered on checks into three (三), but I’m far from an expert.
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