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This is cute (lemmy.world)
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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

A lot of characters in Asian languages look like the thing the symbol represents. Can't remember which language it was, but it has characters for "house," "home," and "family" that all look like slight variations to a simple drawing of a house.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    There are thousands of Asian languages. Chinese and Japanese are the only languages that still use a logographic system. Korean also uses Chinese characters but only for special purposes, like academia.

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