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> Training yourself to recognize 3,000 discrete graphic symbols They're not discrete but composed of radicals that might hint at the meaning or pronunciation.
by legulere 11y ago
> Training yourself to recognize 3,000 discrete graphic symbols
They're not discrete but composed of radicals that might hint at the meaning or pronunciation.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(Chinese_characters) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical_(Chinese_characters)
- wibr 11y agoRadicals are just a system which was invented to look up characters in dictionaries, so a character is often composed of components with different functions (e.g. sound component or meaning component) and one of those components can be the radical.
- GordonS 11y ago> Radicals are just a system which was invented to look up characters in dictionaries First I've heard of it; source please?
- wibr 11y agohttp://blog.outlier-linguistics.com/learning/getting-radical-radicals/ http://blog.outlier-linguistics.com/learning/getting-radical...
- GordonS 11y agoActually, most of the radicals existed long before the Shuōwén Jiězì, as recurring graphic elements[1]. They might not have been called 'radicals', or been used to look up dictionaries, but they certainly existed. [1] Wilkinson, Endymion (2013), Chinese History: A New Manual, Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, ISBN 978-0-674-06715-8
- GordonS 11y agoDownvoter care to comment?