I was wondering if there are any older kanji that only recently started to get used more. This could be a kanji that had a resurgence or even a super obscure one that got super popular out of the blue. Any help would be appreciated!
囧 is a hanzi/kanji that used to mean “an open and light window”, but has been used since 2008 to signify a “troubled face” in Chinese. Japanese doesn’t really use it that much, probably because it’s hard to type and Japanese tends to use kaomojis.
The above isn’t really Japanese-y, so err maybe the following: 欅 is not an obscure kanji, but because it is a plant (*Zelkova serrata*), it tends to be written in katakana ケヤキ. With the creation of the girl idol group 欅坂46 in 2015 (now renamed to 櫻坂46, related to 乃木坂46 and AKB48), the kanji has become more familiar to many. The group even had a variety show called 「欅って、書けない?」(Can you write the kanji keyaki?).
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囧 is a hanzi/kanji that used to mean “an open and light window”, but has been used since 2008 to signify a “troubled face” in Chinese. Japanese doesn’t really use it that much, probably because it’s hard to type and Japanese tends to use kaomojis.
The above isn’t really Japanese-y, so err maybe the following: 欅 is not an obscure kanji, but because it is a plant (*Zelkova serrata*), it tends to be written in katakana ケヤキ. With the creation of the girl idol group 欅坂46 in 2015 (now renamed to 櫻坂46, related to 乃木坂46 and AKB48), the kanji has become more familiar to many. The group even had a variety show called 「欅って、書けない?」(Can you write the kanji keyaki?).