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Another fun alternative Chinese script is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao%27erjing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao%27erjing. It's generally fun to see the
by dwohnitmok 7y ago
Another fun alternative Chinese script is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao%27erjing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xiao%27erjing. It's generally fun to see the usually strict relationship between Chinese graphs and the Chinese language taken apart and examined in isolation. Whether that's taking Chinese or Chinese-like graphs and re-using them for other languages (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawndip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawndip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangut_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangut_script https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ch%E1%BB%AF_N%C3%B4m https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dgana https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%27y%C5%8Dgana) or other writing systems for Chinese such as Nushu or Xiaoerjing.
It's also interesting to see this relationship break down in studies of very ancient Chinese and Chinese etymology where you often have to consider the development of Chinese graphs and Chinese words/morphemes in isolation.