HOME | DD

KisaragiChiyo In reply to RavenHeart1984 [2019-11-16 20:45:07 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Electric-Raichu In reply to ChaircarMao [2017-04-16 11:08:41 +0000 UTC]

円=圓. Therefore if 圆=圓, then 円=圆. (I don't think I've tried a mathematical proof for kanji before ...)

Let's see what Chiyo-san has to say, but what it seems like is that Chinese and Japanese both started with 圓 and simplified it in independent ways.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ChaircarMao In reply to Electric-Raichu [2017-04-16 13:30:26 +0000 UTC]

Well,
円 is Japanese Kanji,
圆 is simplized Chinese character(简化字),
圓 is traditional Chinese character(繁体字)
All of them can refer to circle,
And japanese word 円 also means the unit odf money(¥)
while in Chinese is 元。

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Electric-Raichu In reply to ChaircarMao [2017-04-18 07:37:07 +0000 UTC]

yes i think so. the japanese simplified 圓 a lot more than the chinese did which is unusual. usually the chinese simplifications are more extreme than the japanese ones.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

ChaircarMao In reply to Electric-Raichu [2017-04-23 01:06:00 +0000 UTC]

What do you mean by saying"the chinese simplifications are more extreme than the japanese ones."?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Electric-Raichu In reply to ChaircarMao [2017-04-27 01:51:19 +0000 UTC]

japanese made simplifications to many chinese characters, but the chinese made more radical changes to simplify them. for example the japanese simplified 氣 to 気, but chinese went further to make it 气.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0