Do Japanese people see ツ as a smiling face?


[Tsu (ツ) kana](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsu_\(kana\)) is sometimes used
on the internet as a smiling face, such as in the emoticon ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. I'm
wondering if Japanese people notice it or is just another character for them?

The reason I'm asking is that my native language is Arabic, and it has the
[letter Ta' (ت)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taw#Arabic_t.C4.81.CA.BC) that
some people think looks like a wide grinning face, but I'm simply unable to
see it. It's just a letter to me. Do Japanese people see ツ the same way?




I read your question "Do Japanese people see [tsu] as a smiling face" and read
over the question several times before I got it. And I'm not a native Japanese
reader (or speaker).

Just like your ت (which sort of looks like a smiling face to me) and the
German ü (to Japanese eyes, say), the Japanese ツ doesn't look like a smiling
face to any eye who has become used to reading it as a letter.

So I think if you ask a Japanese native reader whether ツ looks like a smiling
face, I would say the answer will invariably be そう言われてみれば、確かに… "Now that you
say so...". In other words "No!"




I read your question "Do Japanese people see [tsu] as a smiling face" and read
over the question several times before I got it. And I'm not a native Japanese
reader (or speaker).

Just like your ت (which sort of looks like a smiling face to me) and the
German ü (to Japanese eyes, say), the Japanese ツ doesn't look like a smiling
face to any eye who has become used to reading it as a letter.

So I think if you ask a Japanese native reader whether ツ looks like a smiling
face, I would say the answer will invariably be そう言われてみれば、確かに… "Now that you
say so...". In other words "No!"

