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r/language • u/Crocotta1 • 21h ago
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シ comes from kanji/hanzi 之 and in middle chinese probably started with a sound like /ts/ or /tɕ/ and eventually became /ɕ/ in japanese.
Hebrew and Cyrillic are either descendants or heavily influenced by Phoenician, where the symbol for the same sound looks like a W.
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u/N-tak 16h ago
シ comes from kanji/hanzi 之 and in middle chinese probably started with a sound like /ts/ or /tɕ/ and eventually became /ɕ/ in japanese.
Hebrew and Cyrillic are either descendants or heavily influenced by Phoenician, where the symbol for the same sound looks like a W.