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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: Tactile on Mon, 02 January 2017, 12:56:02

Title: Japanese keycap symbol
Post by: Tactile on Mon, 02 January 2017, 12:56:02

I was looking at a set of keycaps labeled in Japanese and this symbol was on the "Windows" key. I have a feeling that it's obvious & I'm just not seeing it but - what is this?

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Title: Re: Japanese keycap symbol
Post by: FLOCKA on Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:00:54

http://www.enkivillage.com/nigiri-sushi.html

Title: Re: Japanese keycap symbol
Post by: Halverson on Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:05:47

Now THAT'S my kind of windows key!

Title: Re: Japanese keycap symbol
Post by: UsualSuspectXXX on Mon, 02 January 2017, 15:13:05

I really want to go out and have sushi tonight now. Thanks =P

Title: Re: Japanese keycap symbol
Post by: Tactile on Mon, 02 January 2017, 15:45:17

Well, it turned out to be not obvious after all. At least not to an ignorant American. Thanks and a tip o' the hat to FLOCKA.

Title: Re: Japanese keycap symbol
Post by: ander on Mon, 02 January 2017, 18:09:09

Specifically, it looks like salmon nigiri (Japanese, sake nigiri):


(https://www.littlemadfish.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/SALMON.jpg)


Sushi often appears in Japanese arcade games, usually as bonuses or power-ups. One of my favorite examples is the wonderful 1990 Toaplan platformer Snow Brothers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Bros). When you bounce enemies off the screen with giant snowballs, sushi bonuses appear:


(https://s24.postimg.org/47ijzxcgl/snow_bros_sushi.png)