Japanese kanji with surprising Chinese meanings
goo Ranking recently took a look at which Japanese kanji had surprising Chinese meanings.
Demographics
Between the 23rd and 26th of March 2011 1,070 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-base questionnaire. 53.4% of the sample were female, 10.2% in their teens, 13.1% in their twenties, 24.7% in their thirties, 23.7% in their forties, 13.3% in their fifties, and 15.0% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample.
For this survey I believe people were provided with a list of words and asked to choose the most suprising, rather than a free choice.
UPDATE: Koichi of Tofugu made a video of the survey!
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