▲ 241 ▼ A cool guide on Tally Marks From Around The World (i.redd.it) submitted 2 years ago by partybot@lemmy.ca [B] to c/coolguides@lemmy.ca 63 comments fedilink hide all child comments Author: /u/Disastrous_Big_2263 Link Shared on Reddit Original Reddit Comments
[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 22 points 2 years ago (2 children) You are wrong. This is the character for "correct". "Five" is similar. Both have five strokes. 五 = five 正 = correct, positive permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) “Five” 五 has four strokes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, you are right. It's been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand. permalink fedilink source parent [–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) So then why aren't they using '五' to make the tally marks? Trends are weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Because it actually has four strokes. The "L" in the middle is one stroke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (1 child) “Five” 五 has four strokes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, you are right. It's been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gramie@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 years ago Oh, you are right. It's been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] RGB3x3@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) So then why aren't they using '五' to make the tally marks? Trends are weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Because it actually has four strokes. The "L" in the middle is one stroke permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rubanski@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago Because it actually has four strokes. The "L" in the middle is one stroke permalink fedilink source parent