Saturday, August 12, 2017

What purpose did the kanji read "たいと" (雲雲雲龍龍龍) serve?



Back in the day, my friends and I derived much amusement from the kanji that is read 「たいと」, which consists of three 雲 and three 龍:


たいと


What actual purpose did this kanji serve? The Japanese Wikipedia article for it says:



日本で苗字として用いられたとされる国字。




But the fact that this says 用いられたとされる suggests to me that this is somehow vague, unclear, or disputed.


(Personally, it strikes me as an almost comical kanji, and I can't imagine anybody using it seriously.)




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