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Questions related to written Chinese. Note: there are separate tags for 'handwriting' and 'characters'.
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A correction mark to indicate a word order reversal
i think that “挑上” is a specialised term in taoism, describing an action in writing charm paper (劃符)
上清天心正法
使眞炁吹之・發筆挑上・鬼字寫在内
靈寶無量度人上經大法
止念其玉諱爲呪・不計其數・次以一筆挑上・蓋其形・呪曰
上清靈寳大法
又念四字・毎一字四轉塗之・共一十六轉・剔筆上出・次以一筆挑上 …
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Seeking Help Deciphering Characters on Small (Lead?) Vase with Teapot Enclosed
picture 5 should be preceding picture 4
the text is in seal script, read as:
子子孫萬年永用
roughly means: [my] descendants used [this caved item] cherishly for ten thousand years
the original verse used in …
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What are characters called when they have three of the same radical used?
maybe, called “三疊字”, have a look of this page
10個少見「三疊字」 你識唔識讀？
btw, the wiki page:
https://zh.wikipedia.org/zh-hk/三叠字
have fun :)
edited.
i checked a book in literary chinese, it was called “三字”. a …
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Can someone provide a translation of this old HK smoking ad?
the text, and it’s interpretation is:
點解金牌濾咀香煙咁好味
why do the golden brand filter cigarettes taste so good
因為係選用經過
because it’s selected [from] processing
三年蘊藏嘅美國
3 years “storing” (i guess there …
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Is the layout of the Chinese characters relevant to the meaning?
roughly after may fourth movement in 1919; people adopted western writing styles, that texts are written from left to right, from top to bottom; with punctuations, line breaks and paragraphs. sample 1- … mainly, texts in such writing style are easier to comprehend, and less fuzzy.
for beginner, one ought to learn this modern style. …
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how to type the degree sign (°) using Chinese IME on iOS/(mac)OS?
i "fixed" my input method as "unicode hex input" on my macbook, so, to type celsius symbol, just press "option" + "2" + "1" + "0" + "3"; the ℃ would appear immediately :)
imo, it's convenience; provi …
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