Unicode Attack!

[techno_race]

I thought we'd have a little race. In the next 11 hours, we will put any Unicode character here. When the race is over, I'll see what symbol had the most posts. Ready...Set...GO!

[techno_race]

Mine is... ◪

[Twey]

Err... 双?

[techno_race]

"Pair?"

[Twey]

Also set, comparison or a counter for pairs in Japanese. It probably has meaning in Chinese and possibly Korean too.

[techno_race]

Japanese: pair
Chinese: pair

双 isn't a word in Korean, and note that 双 also isn't a word in Mandarin Chinese. 双 is pair in Simplified Chinese. Pair in Mandarin Chinese is 對. However, when I translate pair to Simplified Chinese, I get 对, not 双. They do, however, look almost the same. Pair in Korean is 쌍. Although, when I translate pair to Japanese, I get 組. Strange. Does 組 mean something other than pair in Japanese, or are 組 and 双 synonyms?

I think.

9 hours...

[Twey]

組 means a set or group, whereas 双, although it can be used to the same effect, has a more precise meaning of "two."

Pair in Korean is 쌍.

That's its 한글 spelling, but the Korean language also uses Chinese characters, albeit very rarely these days. I'm not sure if a machine translator would have these forms; if it were part of a longer word, it certainly wouldn't be picked up.

[boxxertrumps]

I get 对, not 双

I see a square with two rows and the characters 58f9 for the first one.
second one is just a japanese character too me.

[techno_race]

as in:
I get 日58f9, not 双.
Strange.
3 hours!

[djr33]

Machine translaters are terrible, and should not be trusted.