Re: Is there a Japanese character for the word Unicode? (from Re: Unicode Haiku Contest)

From: Charlie Ruland ☘ (ruland@luckymail.com)
Date: Mon Dec 21 2009 - 09:28:46 CST

  • Next message: John H. Jenkins: "Re: Is there a Japanese character for the word Unicode? (from Re: Unicode Haiku Contest)"

    I don’t consider it necessary to devise a new kanji to mean ‘Unicode’.
    Why not use an existing though yet uncommon one like 𣁁?
    <http://www.unicode.org/cgi-bin/GetUnihanData.pl?codepoint=23041>

    Its composition is fairly straightforward:
    on top, 人 (human) — at the bottom, 文 (script): ‘Man’s scripts’.

    Other suggestions are most welcome ;-)

    Happy Solstice,
    Charlie

    William_J_G Overington wrote:
    > [...]
    >
    > I was wondering if a new character to mean Unicode could be devised from something like "writing that travels along wires" or maybe some other derivation.
    >
    > Any ideas?
    >
    > [...] 

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