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I wonder if the distribution in categories is different to that of Chinese hanzi.
by kace91 6y ago
I wonder if the distribution in categories is different to that of Chinese hanzi.
- slmjkdbtl 6y agoThere's no such categories in Chinese hanzi, or at least not generally taught.
- fireattack 6y agoWhat? This is totally a thing in Chinese, and at least mentioned in primary school/ middle school. https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AD%E6%9B%B8 https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AD%E6%9B%B8 or https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character_classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character_classificati... https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BD%A2%E5%A3%B0%E5%AD%97 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E5%BD%A2%E5%A3%B0%E5%AD%97 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%BC%9A%E6%84%8F%E5%AD%97 https://baike.baidu.com/item/%E4%BC%9A%E6%84%8F%E5%AD%97 Also, for it's worth, I don't think this is generally taught in Japan or in Japanese language class either.
- slmjkdbtl 6y agoSorry for the ignorance.. I was just speaking from experience, I wasn't personally taught with these in the Chinese education system
- dwohnitmok 6y agoBut you've probably heard of 形声字 and 象形字 right?
- slmjkdbtl 6y agoActually yes, but not 指事文字 and 会意文字
- dwohnitmok 6y agoYeah that's usually what ends up happening.
- dwohnitmok 6y agoThese categories originate from Chinese. Specifically these are a subset of the 六书 which are not taught generally in the Chinese educational system (but are common enough that most people will have heard of some of these categories), but will be taught at any undergraduate level Classical Chinese course at a Chinese university (which is basically a prerequisite for a lot of literature/history-based degrees).
- canjobear 6y agoThey go back to the first real Chinese dictionary, Shuowen jiezi "Explaining simple characters and analyzing complex characters", from the first century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shuowen_Jiezi