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Why is 网 considered inside the 亡 phonetic series on wikitionary?
On wikitionary's page about phonetic series under the 亡 entry we find 网 even though 网 is described to be a pictogram on it's own wikitionary page.
If we look on wikipedia's page about Phonetic series, ...
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Reconstruction of Old Chinese "少"
There are many characters that have the initial "m-" and contain "少" as a phonetic element at the same time, such as 妙, 秒, 眇, 竗, etc. I thought this was a good reason to judge that ...
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How to distinguish between homophone words 再 and 在 zài
I wonder how one can distinguish in an oral conversation between homophone words: 再 and 在, as both have the same pronunciation zài.
For example, in the sentence
Wǒ zài kàn diànyǐng.
how one can ...
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