# Anyone know how to read the writing in the Mandarin logo in Iron Man 3? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 5, 2013, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516 "2013-05-05T02:59:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/41 "2019-07-26T13:20:45Z")
> [@MunkuuE](#): > > Now then know it!! Cows! I think I’ve found my sig. ---
**Author:** ![Dongyang2016](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/58f4c7/32.png) [@Dongyang2016](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dongyang2016)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/42 "2019-07-26T15:13:12Z")
Looks like an “X” to me. There is no such thing as “Mandarin”. There is not a Chinese person on this Planet who speaks “Mandarin”. The language is called Putonghua. 普通话。 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/43 "2019-07-26T17:38:46Z")
> [@Dongyang2016](#): > > Looks like an “X” to me. > > There is no such thing as “Mandarin”. There is not a Chinese person on this Planet who speaks “Mandarin”. The language is called Putonghua. 普通话。 No. Putonghua is the standardized version of Beijing-dialect Mandarin. It isn’t a name for Mandarin as a whole. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/44 "2019-07-26T18:01:53Z")
Anyone else remember the alternate ending to Iron Man 3 where a bunch of random people kept showing up? ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2019, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/45 "2019-07-26T19:09:30Z")
> [@AlsoNamedBort](#): > > Anyone else remember the alternate ending to Iron Man 3 where a bunch of random people kept showing up? Was that the stupid Chinese thingy directed by a bunch of cows? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2019, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/46 "2019-07-27T07:17:50Z")
The writing says, “Iron Man pooped in his armor, then we all laughed and went home.” ---
**Author:** ![Kristy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4da419/32.png) [@Kristy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kristy)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/47 "2021-03-22T07:44:24Z")
it is Mongolian script, kinda ancient. I can surely say that 5 of 10 are tribe names of 11st century’s Mongolia. I will write down them from head by clockwise: 1. Khar ord- it might be Khar Kidan 2. Khongirad-tribe 3. Khukh ord- Khanlig /smaller than kingdom, bigger than province/ 4. Olkhunud- tribe 5. Merged- tribe 6. Ulaan ord- I don’t know what it is 7. Nogai ord- nationality 8. Jalair-tribe 9. Arulad- tribe 10. Tsagaan ord- White Horde/part of Golden horde that’s ruler was Bat khaan whose eldest son of Genghis khaan/ So these words can’t connect the movie. I think they might use these to look cool to viewers, like some people tattooed Chinese kanji on their bodies, even they did not know the meaning. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/48 "2021-03-22T18:07:42Z")
The ten Mongolian tribes equal the ten ring he wears? Bat Khan would be a great name for a super villain. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/49 "2021-03-22T20:40:11Z")
Just to spell it out explicitly (in spoiler tags): Even in the context of the movie, the Mandarin is a fake. He’s just an out-of-work British actor who agreed to make some threatening videos in exchange for some drugs. The real villain set him up as a distraction, to get Iron Man’s attention, so yes, the writing behind him was exactly just some stuff to look cool to ignorant Western viewers. ---
**Author:** ![mongolian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mongolian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mongolian)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2022, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516/50 "2022-01-20T14:26:27Z")
its a real its real mongolian language [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-know-how-to-read-the-writing-in-the-mandarin-logo-in-iron-man-3/657516.md?page=2)