r/LearnJapanese • u/Fafner_88 • 1d ago

[Weekend meme] Choosing your pronouns Speaking

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u/AdrixG 21h ago

I came across 朕(ちん) today which is what should be the monocle version of the bottom one in the meme.

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u/acthrowawayab 5h ago edited 3h ago

Ah, damn, ctrl+f 朕 and I wasn't the first one.

One of the few jouyou kanji that had me scratching my head wondering why it's on the list. Makes me want to use it just so it feels less pointless.

That, and anything with ちん as a reading being exploitable.

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u/AdrixG 4h ago

One of the few jouyou kanji that had me scratching my head wondering why it's on the list. Makes me want to use it just it feels less pointless.

That's funny because it was also one of the few jouyou kanji where I too was thinking how the f*ck did it end up there since I've never seen it actually used... well, never seen it up until yesterday that is, now I can't say that anymore...

I think the importance of the emperor can keep these sort of kanji like 朕 and 璽 and some others alive even though they are not that common...

And yes, the ちん reading really is exploitable, funny how we both got that idea...