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[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 15 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I don't get 4. At least the kanji 4 looks very different

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeaaaah, I don't know Chinese, but I've never seen a kanji of four horizontal lines, just 四 for 4

[–] JollyBrancher@sh.itjust.works 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I never learned it as four lines. 四 was the way to do it. Maybe locally or something the hip kids are doing? Source: Mandarin professor ETA: I was a person of simplified Chinese though

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

A very Christmassy number, that 4. A Chrismas tree and the scaffolding to decorate it.

[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago

I guess the image is a lie and the Kanji are chosen by the reading and not because they contain the number kanji. It's just that due to phonetic radicals, containing the number may give it the same reading.