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A quick Chinese lesson (thelemmy.club)
submitted 3 months ago by [M] to c/memes@lemmy.world
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[–] 123 points 3 months ago* (15 children)

1 = 壹 2 = 貳 3 = 參 4 = 肆 5 = 伍

These exist as well.

They're used in places where numbers should NOT be forged(i.e. bank documents...)

This is how they got their numeric meanings btw.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (4 children)

    I don't get 4. At least the kanji 4 looks very different

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  • [–] 15 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    Yeaaaah, I don't know Chinese, but I've never seen a kanji of four horizontal lines, just 四 for 4

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    I guess the image is a lie and the Kanji are chosen by the reading and not because they contain the number kanji. It's just that due to phonetic radicals, containing the number may give it the same reading.

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  • [–] 11 points 3 months ago (5 children)

    Does 0 have a shorthand character as well?

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

    It's pretty complicated as-is so no.

    Edit: clearly misunderstood the question. see below.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    This reply makes no sense lol

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago*

    Sorry, I misunderstood what shorthand meant. I thought the question was whether there's a complex variant, like 一 → 臺 for 零.

    I'm an ESL speaker, so please forgive me.

    零 is the only character, as far as I know. 一, 二, ... are not shorthands; they're the original characters, while 臺 and other more complex forms are used only in certain situations where necessary.

    Hope this is what the questions was about.

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