contentbotB to Cool [email protected]English • 1 year agoA cool guide on Tally Marks From Around The Worldi.redd.itimagemessage-square65fedilinkarrow-up1261
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish24•1 year agoYou are wrong. This is the character for “correct”. “Five” is similar. Both have five strokes. 五 = five 正 = correct, positive
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoSo then why aren’t they using ‘五’ to make the tally marks? Trends are weird.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoBecause it actually has four strokes. The “L” in the middle is one stroke
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoOh, you are right. It’s been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand.
You are wrong. This is the character for “correct”. “Five” is similar. Both have five strokes.
五 = five
正 = correct, positive
So then why aren’t they using ‘五’ to make the tally marks?
Trends are weird.
Because it actually has four strokes. The “L” in the middle is one stroke
“Five” 五 has four strokes
Oh, you are right. It’s been a couple of decades since I actually had to write Japanese by hand.