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[–] salty_mariner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The second character, 鵝, means goose. So 企鵝 is literally something like, "standing on tiptoes goose". But no one would look at it that closely, to everyone it's just a penguin.

[–] irmoz@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

Ah, well that all makes sense then.