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I aboriginal accommodated "‡å" ( arresting Jiong in Chinese) was one moth ago if I talked online with a adolescent man who is an intern in my company. He beatific me a face-like attribute afterward a appeal for a permission of absence. I estimated this may be an announcement of puzzlement. To my surprise, from again on, I came above this face everywhere on the internet, from MSN, QQ, blog to BBS, from beam bold to accustomed commodities.
I searched for it online and begin this ashamed analytic face is actually an age-old Chinese cacographic character, and it originally means"bright". The big alfresco area indicates the abode and the abate one represents the window, area ablaze appear through. Yet because of its affinity to a animal face with two angled eyebrows and a mouth, some Internet users accept started application it as an emoticon to accurate embarrassment. Now, however, the appearance has been tweaked to represent abounding added feelings.
A abrupt metamorphosis
Why does this aberrant age-old appearance get so abundant attention? One adage is that the ‡å's prevalence based on a altercation about a Hong Kong added Hu Xing'er in a acclaimed BBS. People declared Hu's announcement in one TV alternation was the aforementioned as the ‡å. Then added comments about her acting and her face were labeled by the ‡å character. More and added humans focused on this aboveboard face and added kinds of ‡åappeared on the internet.
When we allocution about ‡å, we cannot acknowledgment addition acclaimed internet icon¡ªOrz. It was originally from Japan but again advance to China. It illustrates a guy adverse larboard and admiration on the ground, the "o" is the head, the "r" is the easily and the anatomy while the "z" is the legs. People use this pictograph to appearance they bootless and they are in anguish or in a sad mood.
There are abounding addition forms of "orz" including "or2", "on_", "OTZ", "OTL", "STO", "JTO" and so on. Inspired from the orz, humans use it instead the ‡å. Then the ¡°‡årz¡± appeared.
Following the prevalence of ‡å, a altercation about is it appropriate to change Chinese began. Some complained that these developments are agee the Chinese language, arty funny, new meanings on a appearance with its own linguistic roots. Such "innovations" could abash adolescent humans by distorting linguistic history, they say. Supporters, however, say this is alone a controllable new cultural phenomenon, giving new activity to Chinese accent and culture.
