Chung Fang-chen, a lecturer in Japanese at Soochow University, often cites the character for beef-fried rice as an example. If a Chinese person picks the wrong reading, a Japanese waiter will understand what's wanted but will be bemused by the image of a cow perched on a rice bowl.
東吳大學日文系講師鍾芳珍常說一則笑話：日文中牛丼（牛肉飯）這個字，如果音訓讀發錯，日本人雖然也懂，但腦中卻會浮起「一隻牛站在飯碗上」這樣的畫面。