We really did not think this widget would cause so much controversy, and are almost sorry for creating it. It was never an intention to insult or annoy anyone, or get tempers going. Actually, the widget is based on our computer desktop design series, which is really famous and has spread into a popular product line. It uses an old character from Japan and a new character from China in the same layout format (but without the English meaning). The widget was only intended for an American audie…nce, and people familiar with our design style. Perhaps, in this case, the format did not translate as we intended for a wider audience. We do a lot of international work, so always try to be more sensitive about matters. In any event, we did a redesign of the widget prior to the current one going live. This was more for technical reasons, but also because we wanted a streamlined version so the widget would not be so big. But because Yahoo updates everything manually, the old design was alr More

By the way, if this kanji is so wrong, why are people downloading it?

Are you just looking for any reason to bash another culture? The Japanese Do, in fact, celebrate the Chinese New Year. Shows how much you know about other countries.

You are right, niteangel! As I said, SRFred obviously doesn't know too much about Chinese.
In both traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, "zhu1" exists and means "pig".
In both traditional Chinese and Simplified Chinese, "tun2" (the big red character) exists but doesn't mean "pig".
In Japanese, "tun2" (the big red character, pronounced as "buta" in Japanese) exists and means "pig",
In this context, we can know tha…t this big red character is a Japanese character instead of a Chinese character. Since Japanese people do not celebrate Chinese New Year and use animal zodiac at all, we are not very happy for using a Japanese character here.
I know that people from Vietnam and Thailand celebrates Chinese New Year. So I will be happy if their languages are used in this widget. But above all, don't use Japanese here! More

So you mean only Chinese people can celebrate the Chinese New Year? People from Vietnam and Thailand who do not use Mandarin Hanzi cannot present the festival in their own language? So is it an insult to use English? And how can the kanji for "pig" not exist when all kanji is based on the Chinese writing system? How is it an insult? This character for "pig" is tun2. It is the same style in Traditional Hanzi and Simplified, both of which are Chinese. Zhu1 only exists in …simplifed. The two character styles used obviously show respect for China, of the old style and new. The simplified hanzi is not even widely used in HK, anyway. More