1 The Aboriginal word gangurru described the Grey Kangaroo. 2  It's an urban myth that the name kangaroo is the result of a misunderstanding, and developed from an Aboriginal word meaning I don't know, or I don't understand.  The name kangaroo is used broadly to include all species within the super-family of macropods.
If you do not see the characteristic shapes of Korean Hangul or Japanese hiragana or katakana, then you are probably looking at Chinese. Chinese writing has complicated characters called hanzi in Chinese, kanji in Japanese, and hanja in Korean.
Early Chinese writing from the Shang Dynasty (2nd millennia BCE). Photo: public domain. Early Writing Technologies. The earliest writings in China were found on ox scapulae, tortoiseshells, and bronzes during the Shang dynasty.