危ない と🪰ない

I was texting and wrote 危ない (あぶない) and noticed one of my options was 🪰ない.

危ない is an adjective that translates as Dangerous. Parents scream, "危ない" at their children when they seem to be doing something that could cause them or someone else injury.

Using a fly as a substitute for the Kanji 危 is something I have never seen before. It might be something new, or something that always been around that I never realized because no one I know has ever used it before. Although, the fly emoji is a newer emoji in the set. And a weird one to add, in my opinion.

Why a fly? Are they dangerous? Dirty, of course. Annoying, sure. In Japan, caterpillars are the most dangerous bug. Most of them are poisonous and children are taught to stay away from them.

So it would make more sense to write 🐛ない, でしょうかな？

The 🪰 emoji also looks a lot like a セミ or cicada. セミ are a persistent presence during the humid summer months. Any fan of Japanese anime has heard the sound of セミ buzzing in the background. The sound has Pavlov dog effect on anyone who has experienced summer in Japan. As soon as you hear it. sweat begins to pool in various spots around your body.

But are they dangerous? In America, we are expecting a swarm of a special kind female cicada that emerges from the ground every 17 years in droves to mate. Again though, 汚いと、めんどくさいも、でも危ないと思うません。

What do you think? Are flies and cicadas dangerous and worthy of replacing the Kanji 危 with 🪰?

Leave a comment to let me know what you think.

じゃ、またね。

ジョシュア