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meaning '' the written characters'' in contex

English Language & Usage Asked on February 21, 2021

what does that mean”written character” in this contex?

Strangers bearing gifts(trip tips):
Beware what you offer your host. Pass up chrysanthemums in argentina(they denote funerals), clocks in China (the written characters resemble those for death) and red pens in south Korea(red ink conveys unfriendliness)

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I have almost no Chinese so depend on web search. Nevertheless from my naive viewpoint, here is some of what I find.

First here is one character representation or translation for death: death

and here is the character representation or translation for clock:

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On comparing these characters you will see that the left hand half of each there is a similarity. It may be even stronger depending on the precise way the characters are written. This presumably has lead to the association of clocks with death. I hope an expert on Chinese calligraphy and characters will be able to do this better than I have been able to do.

Answered by Anton on February 21, 2021

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