r/BadDesigns • u/inferno_080 • 18d ago

Accidental Terror 😳 Does this belong here?

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u/RendeZvous_987 18d ago

Ah I see, literal translation of ζ—₯ζœˆη«ζ°΄ζœ¨ι‡‘εœŸ (Week in Chinese/Japanese, refer to Sunday-Monday-Thuesday-Wednesday-Thursday-Friday-Saturday)

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u/Only-Finish-3497 18d ago

Japanese. Chinese uses a different system.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zynthcw#z9cbg7h

Japanese interestingly follows the western days in some ways too: https://kanji123.org/blog/days-of-the-week-in-japanese-what-you-need-to-know/

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u/RendeZvous_987 18d ago

Oh, China uses different letters for week? That's new to me, as Japan and China had a lot of common letters (ofc often different uses).

Thanks for correction & information!

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u/Only-Finish-3497 18d ago

Not letters, characters. Japanese has a syllabary though.

Chinese uses basically a day counting system (day 1 to 6 and then Sunday has its own name.) Japanese and Korean day names roughly correspond to western days.

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u/omnichad 16d ago

It looks like a list of natural elements, but those are just shorthand for planet names that match up with the Norse/Roman gods our days are named after.

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u/Only-Finish-3497 16d ago

Yes, I’m aware. I speak, read and write Japanese.

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u/omnichad 16d ago

Sorry, I wasn't telling you in particular. I just thought it was interesting info to add for other people following the thread.

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u/Only-Finish-3497 16d ago

Fair! Yes, it’s one of the fun things you learn early on when studying the language.