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OP here. I think the reality is obviously more messy than what the article tends to portray. All natural languages are messy in their own idiomatic ways. One o
by agrand 11y ago
OP here. I think the reality is obviously more messy than what the article tends to portray. All natural languages are messy in their own idiomatic ways.
One of the goals of the article was to emphasize the structure in the Chinese language, because most people who are not familiar with it just assume it's just a big bunch of meaningless ideograms.
It's a "simple" introduction, not a thorough one. It's meant to tease people's curiosity.
If you start with a negative bias towards Chinese, you won't be able to see where it shines.
Things that you express with tones in English, can be expressed with particles in Chinese. They can also be expressed in other modulations at the sentence level.
Some subtleties of English definitely can't be expressed in Chinese, but the reverse is equally true. And that's the point I want to stress. Chinese is very different, and where there is difference, there is richness.
- imron 11y agoHi OP, nice article. I notice however that you've taken a graphic from the front page of my website: http://www.hanzigrids.com http://www.hanzigrids.com (though interestingly, a slightly older version than the graphic currently there). You're welcome to keep using it, but it would be nice if you could add some attribution.
- agrand 11y agoI wasn't sure were it came from (did a google image search for this one), should have been more careful. Fixed.
- imron 11y agoThanks!
- oxygenoxy 11y agoIs it possible to add stroke order to hanzigrids?
- stevendaniels 11y agoIf you're looking for stroke order animations, try out my site , Tasty Mantou: https://www.tastymantou.com/blog/the-best-chinese-character-animations-on-the-web https://www.tastymantou.com/blog/the-best-chinese-character-...
- imron 11y agoIt's something I've been planning to add for ages, unfortunately I have a number of other priorities at the moment which mean that work on HG tends to get put on the back burner.