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[–] Staden_@pawb.social 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

~~lemmy users are a bunch of nerds, so I think there's a significant possibility of someone here knowing how to read these~~

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 45 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I AM THE NERD! I SEE IT NOW!

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

i feel like i'm going insane because these characters don't match up at all

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 3 points 3 hours ago

As mentioned in other comments, this is seal script, not just normal chinese characters, so they won't do exact matches, but they are similar in their general shapes.

[–] tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 30 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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The seal script is different but it's easier to see with the traditional characters

[–] Staden_@pawb.social 9 points 2 days ago

Thank you nerd, i enjoyed this little breakdown :)