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The same applies to why China had all the building blocks (pun intended) of the printing press but it was perfected by Gutenberg in Europe, where the number of
by ummonk 1y ago
The same applies to why China had all the building blocks (pun intended) of the printing press but it was perfected by Gutenberg in Europe, where the number of glyphs was much more manageable.
- zahlman 1y agoIndeed. Even if you try to split hanzi into parts it's far more unwieldy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_radicals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangxi_radicals).