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minus-squareInevitableSwing [none/use name]hexbear11·8 months agoAbout the "工" in his display name... Japanese word "工", mean "construction" "工" (ko) means "construction" I assume it means basically the same thing in Chinese. link
minus-squareAdkml [he/him]hexbear10·8 months agoThat's pretty cool the word (symbol? character?) for construction looks like an I beam. link
minus-squareGrouchyGrouse [he/him]hexbear11·edit-28 months agoPictographs can be fun like that. Like the character for "fire" 火 looks kinda like a camp fire. You got your little pyramid of wood and two little "flames" coming off it. link
minus-squarebendan [none/use name]hexbear8·8 months agoit originally depicted some variant of this but yeah the I-beam definitely helped cement* the continued use of this character * link
minus-squarebendan [none/use name]hexbear4·8 months agoyup: tool > technique > work > industry, and branching off into “construction” from somewhere in there link
About the "工" in his display name...
I assume it means basically the same thing in Chinese.
That's pretty cool the word (symbol? character?) for construction looks like an I beam.
Pictographs can be fun like that. Like the character for "fire" 火 looks kinda like a camp fire. You got your little pyramid of wood and two little "flames" coming off it.
it originally depicted some variant of this but yeah the I-beam definitely helped cement* the continued use of this character
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yup: tool > technique > work > industry, and branching off into “construction” from somewhere in there
共产党 -> 工产党 😱