Apparently the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation decides one of these every year.

This year, 熊 (kuma) was selected, meaning bear. For whatever reason, Japan has had a bunch of bear issues lately.

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[–] 4 points 11 months ago (1 child)

It's the equivalent of writing in cursive with the western alphabet. 

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