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jace_baylin
· 5 years ago
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It translates to "idiot foreigner" in chinese, not japanese
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mialinay
· 5 years ago
What does it mean in japanese then?
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guest_
· 5 years ago
The character set of Kanji was borrowed from the Chinese Hanzi. Most characters are the same in traditional forms- as are their Unicode (computer written) forms. Each has a pictographic meaning, a sound, sylible, or word, and sometimes multiples. “人” is the character for “person-“ see it’s like a little stick figure? Ren in Chinese becomes “Jin” in Japanese (this kanji can also mean hito- but here it is Jin in context....”
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guest_
· 5 years ago
So we have “Jin” and next to it- “外”- in Japanese “Gai.” Gaijin- the shortened form of “gaikokujinn” which is “foreigner” but commonly just “gaijin” is used- especially in derogatory context. In Hanzi “外” is like... outside or beyond. So same deal more or less.
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creativedragonbaby
· 5 years ago
The point is it’s the same meaning in Japanese (if a little derogatory) and pronounced differently
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curlhairedude
· 5 years ago
Is @guest_ Chinese or Japanese?
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guest
· 5 years ago
As a chinese I can confirm
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garlog
· 5 years ago
Baka Gaijin.
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