In the world of Uma Musume, all of the horses are anime girls with horse ears instead. Thus, the kanji for horse only has two legs.

This leads to more fun:

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  • emizeko [they/them]
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    7 months ago

    the last one uses the character for "bamboo" (竹) to indicate the stilts

  • Erika3sis [she/her, xe/xem]
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    7 months ago

    I wonder if anyone's made a compilation of all the kanji-based visual puns in anime and manga. I don't mean things like alternate character readings or even yuurei moji, I mean things like this, or entirely made-up kanji. I know that there are kanji design contests like this one here.