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It's true that the phonetic linkage in English is loose, but it still requires massively less memorization than Hanzi.
by canjobear 5y ago
It's true that the phonetic linkage in English is loose, but it still requires massively less memorization than Hanzi.
- gumby 5y agoDefinitely! But also, apart from tiny nouns (cat, dog) when I was learning words as a kid (not just reading, but speaking) I was often told what its pieces were (not just obvious ones like "skyscraper", but "entrance? We enter through it."). Any other way just seems hard.