Unusual Chinese Characters
That’s right, there is a single-syllable word in Chinese that means “to sell e.g. one’s own child during e.g. a famine,” and in a delicious little irony, it’s derived from 粥 “gruel” which makes it cognate to 育, “bear/raise children.”
If you thought you knew everything there is to express in the Chinese language, Bokane’s latest post will probably enlighten you. It’s a delicious trek through linguistics and the derivation of characters as seen through a modern non-native viewpoint. Warning: salient language ahead.
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