Transcription: A photograph of an Ethernet port with a label that reads “Internet hole”, along with some Chinese writing.
this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2023
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I've just now come up with the question of how the hell does the Chinese language work?
I imagine they didn't have a symbol for internet hundreds of years ago, how can they have "internet hole" as three symbols?
I imagine they have a symbol for hole, what are the other two? Do they need to make a new symbol every time something new is invented?
Chinese normally come up with some ways to use old terms to describe new things.
First character means "net" (can also be fishing or spider net)
Second means "line, route" (also way, sequence)
Third means, well, "hole" (but also socket)
As a combination of first and second we have "net line" - the Internet, or really any interconnected net like a power grid. Third doesn't need an explanation, I think.
Kind of interesting that both English and Chinese ended up describing the internet as a form of "net" or (spider)"web"
Probably a calque of some sort.
Well, it makes sense when you think about how it describes the same concept.
Same way as English, by combining preexisting words. For example, ether + net + port = ethernet port. In this case the first two characters (that's what they're called) mean "net" and "road", combining to mean "network".
I think adding new characters is very, very rare. Would be kinda like adding a new letter to the alphabet.
I mean it's exactly the same as inventing a new word whenever something new is invented. It's usually derived from already existing words and so are the symbols.