Blackangel
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???????? said:See it like this: how many logos of different brands do you know?
What do you think when you see them?
It's no different with Kanji really!
For example, let's give you this:
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How do you read this sentence?
You can read the heart as "love", "like", or "heart".
Likewise, you can read the cutlery as "eat", "dinner", "cutlery", "fork and knife", or "silverware" if you happen to use American English.
Though at least we can all agree that the banana must be read as "banana".
Kanji is this very concept, except it's being utilised in real text.
pictures are easy to identify unlike the text. i don't think i can ever remember that many letters