contentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoA cool guide on Tally Marks From Around The Worldi.redd.itimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1241arrow-down1imageA cool guide on Tally Marks From Around The Worldi.redd.itcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Cool Guides@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square65fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·5 months agoYou are wrong. This is the character for “correct”. “Five” is similar. Both have five strokes. 五 = five 正 = correct, positive
minus-squaregramie@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoOh, you are right. It’s been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand.
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·5 months agoSo then why aren’t they using ‘五’ to make the tally marks? Trends are weird.
minus-squareRubanski@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoBecause it actually has four strokes. The “L” in the middle is one stroke
You are wrong. This is the character for “correct”. “Five” is similar. Both have five strokes.
五 = five
正 = correct, positive
“Five” 五 has four strokes
Oh, you are right. It’s been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand.
So then why aren’t they using ‘五’ to make the tally marks?
Trends are weird.
Because it actually has four strokes. The “L” in the middle is one stroke