Post 1076399 by gregowicz@mastodon.cloud
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 (DIR) Post #1076326 by cdmnky@niu.moe
       2018-11-09T13:36:02Z
       
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       no joke, I learned the kanji for big and small by watching a video about how to work fancy japanese toilets
       
 (DIR) Post #1076399 by gregowicz@mastodon.cloud
       2018-11-09T13:39:31Z
       
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       @cdmnky 犬 大 太 丈 六Quick! Which kanji means big? No cheating! 😁
       
 (DIR) Post #1076414 by cdmnky@niu.moe
       2018-11-09T13:40:06Z
       
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       @gregowicz 大they're dog, big, fat, [idk], 6
       
 (DIR) Post #1076611 by gregowicz@mastodon.cloud
       2018-11-09T13:50:25Z
       
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       @cdmnky Bingo! Ding, ding, ding!I don't think I've ever seen 丈 (たけ、チョウ) written by itself in modern Japanese, only seen it as a radical in other kanjis. I know that it also represents the particle だけ as in 平仮名だけ読めます, though it's never written with kanji. I have perhaps seen it pop up in Classical Japanese though. Not entirely sure if it has other meaning than what it means as the particle だけ.
       
 (DIR) Post #1076713 by cdmnky@niu.moe
       2018-11-09T13:53:34Z
       
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       @gregowicz according to jisho, it can also mean 10 shaku (~3.3 meters), height/length, or an honorific for an artist
       
 (DIR) Post #1076768 by gregowicz@mastodon.cloud
       2018-11-09T13:56:14Z
       
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       @cdmnky Okay, that's interesting. Could be a counter in modern Japanese? Like a counter for some length measurement, other than shaku (3.3 meters)?I haven't spoken or used Japanese in years, so I'm really rusty with this stuff now.
       
 (DIR) Post #1076900 by cdmnky@niu.moe
       2018-11-09T14:00:22Z
       
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       @gregowicz It seems like it's used as a counter in clothing sizes, but that's just from a quick ddg search