Why Are There Two KANJI For Sushi in Japanese?

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There's Two KANJI for Sushi in Japanese... Why is This?

Answer 1

♡The most common two kanji characters for the word sushi are: 寿司
If you can't see that↑, look at this↓...
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/j-e.cgi/jap/%bc%f7%bb%ca?TR
This kanji is used about 70% of the time here in Japan.
"The first "Su" (alternate readings: Kotobuki / Ju) is only employed by its phonetic sound of 'Su' and the implied meanings of happiness and congratulation in its kanji character, and the second "Shi" generally means to preside something. All of tow characters just came from their phonetic equivalences (phonetically transliterated,) and people of the sushi industry have wanted to be and drawn up an auspiciousness and good luck from these characters. More than 50% of sushi restaurants are incorporating this, tow characters expression, in their shops and trade names today."
Check this site for all the versions of 'sushi kanji' and the history:
http://homepage3.nifty.com/maryy/eng/sushi_kanji.htm
*The second most common kanji for sushi is 鮨; 'Fish' on the left and 'Delicious' in the right.
Very interesting!
I hope it helps. I live in Japan and I LOVE sushi!
Great question! (*^o^*) Hope I understood your question correctly and I hope this helps!♡

Answer 2

Kanji Sushi

Answer 3

This Site Might Help You.

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Why Are There Two KANJI For Sushi in Japanese?
There's Two KANJI for Sushi in Japanese... Why is This?

Answer 4

The etymology section of this article might give you a better idea...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sushi

Answer 5

because one means fish and the other means delicious.