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All those Japanese speakers out there, can you guess?
And for everyone who wants to learn a little of the Asian language said to be the second-hardest language to write (next to Chinese, which has 10,000 Kanji [characters that represent a concept each, as opposed to an alphabet which represents sounds] rather than 2,000 in daily use) for native English speakers. By the way, Japanese is ranked more difficult than Chinese for speaking, if I remember correctly.
In motorsports, Japanese car manufacturer Nissan uses #23.
It’s a bit of a good match.
It’s wordplay: In Japanese, 2 is pronounced “ni” and 3 is pronounced “san.” Although 23 is not pronounced “ni-san,” you can still see the fun of the use of 23, probably.
Pictured: Nissan GT-R for the SUPER GT series (GT500 class)
Anyone curious about Nissan’s spelling? It’s 日産
The Japanese Kanji word if translated means “Daily Production” or “Japanese Production” since the word Ni has can mean both Day or Japan.
According to Wikipedia, in 1928, Yoshisuke Aikawa founded the holding company Nippon Sangyo (Japan Industries or Nippon Industries). “Then name ‘Nissan’ originated during the 1930s as an abbreviation” used on the Tokyo stock market for Nippon Sangyo. This company was the famous Nissan “Zaibatsu” (company combine) which included Tobata Casting and Hitachi. At this time Nissan controlled foundries and auto parts businesses, but Aikawa did not enter automobile manufacturing until 1933.
