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Why do native speakers often say a character has “no meaning”?
Many times I will know all the characters in a name but one & I'll ask what that one character means. 9 times out of 10 the response is, "That character has no meaning".
While it might be true ...
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Stroke order for 印
I've seen two different stroke orders for this character:
and
Which one is more "correct" or widely used?
It seems to me that the fourth stroke in the latter picture is incorrect, and that it ...
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List of hanzi and their components
I would like to be able to compute the distance between 2 hanzi according to their components.
My idea is that a hanzi like 式 is made of 工 and 弋. 2 hanzi are close if they share common components.
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Why does 首饰的饰 have the 饣radical?
According to my sources 饣 means "food" or "eat". Since when do people eat jewelry?
