The Hanzi Bird

by John Pasden
in language
15 Jul 2005

As I’m still in the USA doing fun stuff with my girlfriend like Sarasota Beach, canoeing, Disney World, Busch Gardens, and Sea World, I haven’t been surfing the web much or keeping up with blogs.

Micah gave me a welcome heads up to a comment by Matt of No-Sword on the great blog Muninn which involved the use of hanzi for this pictographic purpose:

凸(-.-)凸

Good stuff.

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John Pasden

John is a Shanghai-based linguist and entrepreneur, founder of AllSet Learning.

Comments

  1. Todd Says: July 15, 2005 at 10:50 am

    Well, that’s pretty naughty. The only related use of hanzi that I’ve seen is a smiley with a big grin :-目

    (yes, a character supposed to represent an eye becomes a mouth!)

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  2. Adam Morris Says: July 16, 2005 at 5:36 pm

    Good stuff indeed.

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  3. Peng Says: July 17, 2005 at 7:36 pm

    My friends and I do use this crying hanzi:
    (丌口丌) jikouji

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  4. your mum Says: July 17, 2005 at 9:10 pm

    or if one hand is enough 山(-.-)

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  5. dda Says: July 19, 2005 at 10:41 pm

    There are ugly hanzi on their own… Try 肏 for instance 😛

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