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A simple information-theoretic argument suggests that most of the information is in the remaining article 10%.
by canjobear 7y ago
A simple information-theoretic argument suggests that most of the information is in the remaining article 10%.
- tfha 7y agoNot enough information. For example, in English some of the least common characters are also generally not important for conveying information. Your argument only holds if Kanji was designed to be optimal in compressing information, which is of course not how Kanji came to be. That doesn't mean you are wrong, but your argument is invalid.
- 6gvONxR4sf7o 7y agoAren't kanji closer to english words than english letters?