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So if Chinese written language is picture characters, how do they write complicated words like “methyl hydroxy acetate”? “Methyl hydroxyacetate” is 羟基乙酸甲酯. While English uses …
Why the distinction between 粤 and 越？ I’ve read that Han dynasty conquered the Baiyue, and Yue Chinese evolved over time instead. The name seems …
You are off by one stroke – the actual number is 52. And it’s peng, not ping. 🙂 No, I am not being cheeky. This …
Do the French text in English or French? Do the Japanese text in English or Japanese? Of course most people in China text in their …
First some fun facts: I can read Chinese perfectly, but writing is difficult, I don’t remember the details of many characters, especially the low frequency …
薯 is a Chinese character that appeared some time around the 6th century CE. By that time, the Roman emperor Theodosius I had closed all …
Tangut Oh, you thought hanzi was bad? Tangut script, also known as the Western Xia script (西夏文), is a hanzi-inspired artificial script designed by Yeli …
How about this character? It looks like a face that is sad, tired, shocked, or embarrassed. In fact, it is used on chats and forums …