The character refers to avoiding closed spaces, crowds and close contacts.- AFP
TOKYO (Reuters): Japan on Monday (Dec 14) selected a kanji character used to encourage social distancing as its defining symbol for 2020, highlighting a catchphrase used extensively during the coronavirus pandemic that even inspired its own computer game.
The character "mitsu", meaning "congested" or "dense", was derived from a buzzword "san-mitsu", which was central to Japan's approach to the containing the pandemic. Translated as "three Cs" in English, it refers to avoiding closed spaces, crowds and close contacts.
