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Japanese Notes

Why does the kanji for "exist / to have", 有, look like a hand over a moon? It's not the moon. It's the nikuzuki, the meat-moon: It is not actually 月, it is 肉 in it's radical form (⺼).

Was trying to figure out these with “name” (moon over mouth):

  • 名前 = name
  • 有名 = famous
japanese-notes.1748538043.txt.gz · Last modified: 2025/05/29 10:00 by dblume