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The Japanese words for three diamonds represent the name of which large manufacturer?

Question #103618. Asked by nibbles0011.
Last updated Jan 03 2017.

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The name "Mitsubishi" refers to the three-diamond emblem. "Mitsubishi" is a combination of the words mitsu and hishi. Mitsu means three.
Hishi means water chestnut, and Japanese have used the word for a long time to denote a rhombus or diamond shape. Japanese often bend the "h" sound to a "b" sound when it occurs in the middle of a word. So they pronounce the combination of mitsu and hishi as mitsubishi.

link https://www.mitsubishi.com/e/group/mark.html

Response last updated by nautilator on Jan 03 2017.
Mar 07 2009, 10:59 AM
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