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Instant culture : je suis tombée sur l’écriture Kanji d’Hokkaido : 北海道. De l’intérêt de connaître ses kanji, parce qu’au départ, je me suis dit “tiens, c’est les kanji de fleur, chaque et semaine. Sauf que non. Ça y ressemble juste. Fleur: 花, chaque semaine : 毎週. En réalité, ce sont les kanji de Nord (北 - kita), mer(海 - umi) et route (道 - michi). Donc, Hokkaido signifie « la route vers la mer au Nord » :)
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