A screencap from Chinese Characters. I think they are just very funny (in a benign way). Especially the last word, the radical (部首) is trying so hard to contain everything in it, which includes a heart, a horse and a moon xD. The pronunciation "biáng" is as funny as the word. Wiki says it refers to Biangbiang noodle. I wonder what are the ingredients of such noodle that it needs such complex expression to describe it, hmhm. It is said that the pronunciation comes from the noise the noodles make when cooked and eaten.
The first word, "zhé", comes with four dragons! Very appropriate for the Dragon Year, but its meaning is not very likable ><.
This really reminds me of hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia (pronounce it out loud and get your tongue twisted). I can't tell which one is more horrible if I were to be punished to write them a hundred times. xD These characters are really bad for the eyes if they ever appear in novels, and I used to think 憂鬱 (melancholy) is bad enough. Hekhek.
I discovered that the Hiragana and Katagana actually come from Chinese characters and kinda follow their respective pronunciations, quite surprised as I thought the kana systems are intentionally developed like the Korean hangul, though some kanas are very obvious derivation. Hemhemhem, no wonder katagana looks so Chinese.
Sources: Wikipedia
Huhuhu, I feel very excited upon this discovery. Very very interesting.
