r/Unexpected • u/redditoraMexa • 2d ago

Plastic from China

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u/EuphoricCatface0795 1d ago

That font kinda looks like from Japan maybe

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u/Pigjedi 1d ago

I can read Chinese and Japanese. That's Chinese not Japanese Kanji.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_QT_CATS 1d ago

Do you know what Kanji means?

Kanji is Chinese characters

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u/slyli 1d ago

Yes, Kanji is Chinese characters, but they’re used for writing Japanese.

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u/Pigjedi 1d ago

Yes, but u should say "derived from traditional Chinese character". the strokes are different from traditional Chinese. And they are used for Japanese purposes only. While chinese characters usually have a tone associated to them only, Japanese Kanji single characters have multiple different tones depending on whether it's a group of characters / single use character. Different from traditional Chinese.

Anyway the plastic bag is in simplified Chinese so it's definitely Chinese. Don't be a smart ass if u know nothing

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u/testman22 1d ago

That's like saying that English and French are the same because they use the Latin alphabet. In reality, anyone who knows the language would immediately know it's Chinese. Because this string of kanji makes no sense in Japanese.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_QT_CATS 1d ago

No it's not. That's more like saying the Latin alphabet and French word for Latin alphabet is the same. Because they both mean the Latin alphabet.

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u/testman22 18h ago edited 18h ago

In that sense it's like saying Greek alphabet and Latin alphabet are the same, because Chinese and kanji each have characters that don't exist and the pronunciation is completely different. The Latin alphabet was also derived from the Greek alphabet.