Questions about the Chinese characters, called Hanzi, about their characteristics and everything that relates to them.
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What's the difference between 蝦 and 鰕?
I found there are two characters for "xia1" (ghra as in Middle Chinese), 蝦 and 鰕.
Could someone explain what the difference is?
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How useful are the kanji in reading Chinese? [duplicate]
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Is it easier to learn Chinese after learning Japanese or vice versa?
I'm learning Japanese, and I'm going to learn all of the jouyou kanji, which is about 2000 ...
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Does 上嗨 work as a pun for 上海?
While riding the subway in Shanghai last week, I glanced at the TV playing some commercials and saw what looked like a slightly off spelling of the city's name (上海). I could not get a very good look ...
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What are the relative literacy rates in for simplified and traditional characters?
I'm trying to decide whether it would be better to use traditional or simplified characters for an iPhone game I'm making. If something is written in traditional, how many people will be able to read ...
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“Four-part” composition of characters
I would like to compile a list of characters where you can draw two lines in a + shape, running through the center of the character to cleanly separate it into four "components." Some leeway must be ...
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What is the most complex simplifed character?
I'm interested in simplified only for this question - which simplified character retains the most complexity, defined by having the highest number of strokes?
To clarify: I'm after the most ...
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Is there any website of where I can look up the origins of a Chinese character? [duplicate]
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What etymology dictionaries are available?
What was this online dictionary's name with ancient traditional and simplified characters and etymology?
I always wanted to ...
