ADD A DOUBLE KANJI WITH THE MEANING - Feed Post by JACKBOSMA

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  JACKBOSMA

  人人 PEOPLE
  

  July 7, 2016 at 2:13am
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  JACKBOSMA

  next........

  July 7, 2016 at 9:25pm
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  mog86uk

  一一 one-by-one; every single
  　Surely this must be the easiest kanji compound word in the whole Japanese language, having a total of only 2 strokesl.
  
  鬱鬱 gloomy, melancholy, pessimistic.
  　"Pessimistic" is probably how people feel about their chances of not making any mistakes when writing this 58 stroke word! :P

  July 8, 2016 at 4:05am
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  JACKBOSMA

  I like it, let's add more!

  July 8, 2016 at 5:31am
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  mog86uk

  With a little ingenuity, it's not too difficult to simply get a complete list of all such double kanji words straight from a dictionary. There are around 350 double kanji words like this in the few dictionaries I checked, but not many of them are interesting enough to post about.
  
  云云 et cetera; comment, criticism.
  ↑This one is interesting because of its reading: うんぬん
  
  轟轟 thunderous, rumbling
  ↑車 = car
  
  森森 deeply forested
  ↑木 = tree
  
  磊磊 large pile of rocks
  ↑石 = stone

  July 8, 2016 at 6:46am
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  mog86uk

  Oh yeah, there was one other particularly interesting one I forgot to mention:
  
  謝謝 thank you
  ↑What's interesting is its reading. If, like me, you've watched a fair number of old subtitled martial arts movies, then chances are you will make the connection instantly. (Or if you just happen to know Chinese in the first place...) ^^
  
  Here's what the reading is:　シエシエ

  July 9, 2016 at 9:25am