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I think the commenter you're replying to might have been referring to pictograms like many Chinese characters, not icons that you have to figure out. Or maybe n
by crackalamoo 2y ago
I think the commenter you're replying to might have been referring to pictograms like many Chinese characters, not icons that you have to figure out. Or maybe not
- thaumasiotes 2y ago> pictograms like many Chinese characters A handful of Chinese characters are pictograms. As far as I recall, it is by far the smallest class of characters, and all of them, including the ones that started as pictograms, are treated by modern readers as phonetic indicators. Compare e.g. 象 to https://img.zdic.net/zy/jinwen/33_E87E.svg https://img.zdic.net/zy/jinwen/33_E87E.svg . They are the same character. Does that help you if you're looking at 象?
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