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Doctor Who cosplay by ShinePawPony

That cutie mark… That looks like the Han character “語”, which means “speech; language” (more information). Why would someone have that as a cutie mark?

Looks like I have my answer: The cutie mark is the Japanese word for language, I love language with Japanese being my favourite [:)]

Ugh! It frustrates me when people refer to these characters as Japanese, because, while they are used in Japanese (with different pronunciations), they actually come from Chinese. (Incidentally, they are also used in Korean, though much less often than in Japanese.)