Re: is this kanji right?


to <tenchi@ML.usagi.org>
from "Sasami-chan" <b4506062@csie.ntu.edu.tw>
subject Re: is this kanji right?
date Thu, 1 Feb 2001 18:05:25 +0800
Hello everyone!

Dr. Briefs wrote:
> Yes, the kanji for "gold" is the same in Chinese and Japanese.  However,
> the kanji for monkey....  The one you have is commonly used in Chinese,
but
> is rarely, if ever, used in Japanese.  The Japanese for "monkey" is
"saru,"
> and the corresponding kanji, if translated from the common Chinese usage,
> is "ape."
Thanks, good doctor!
Looks like I will be eating my own words again! ^_-

I think this is the character Dr. Briefs means:
http://www.csie.ntu.edu.tw/~b4506062/monkey.gif

CheerS!
Sasami-chan (who just broke a tooth eating the
iron and gold monkeys)



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