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    Thread: Reviewing Traditional/Simplified Hanzi
Post: Reviewing Traditional/Simplified Hanzi

HerrPetersen Wrote:I just met a school girl who will be spending the next year in China as an exchange student. I told her about RSH and she liked it. Does anyone have a list of German keywords to cre...
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 57 35,611 2011-08-03, 4:47 am
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

I've done some more work on this, see http://thereisnoend.org/Languages/Chines...damus.html for explanation and then the links at the bottom (under Samples) for parts of two chapters so far.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2010-09-13, 3:49 am
    Thread: how to use swanki?
Post: how to use swanki?

It looks like you need to tell python about your module. Playing around with the data paths isn't going to help there; you need to make sure the module is in your system path. If I have python right,...
mellison Learning resources 14 6,240 2010-08-29, 1:36 am
    Thread: Hanzi stories request thread
Post: Hanzi stories request thread

施: I thought of someone executing a scorpion with a banner... yes, I know, as Heisig says, not that kind of executing, but it does help in the remembering.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 39 10,266 2010-08-29, 1:26 am
    Thread: Hanzi beyond RTH
Post: Hanzi beyond RTH

thecite Wrote:...I'm going through Zhongwen now and making stories for all the characters outside of RTK1+3. I'm making an Anki deck and spread sheet (well, a table in a word document) of all the char...
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 22 28,887 2010-01-06, 9:34 pm
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

PlutonB Wrote:I don't really catch what it is I should notice. All the characters in that short sentence is pronounced gu3. Sorry, I meant in the original post.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-11, 11:51 am
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

PlutonB Wrote:...But I would also like to include the pronunciation and tone as well. In one should follow the ideas of Mathews&Mathews... Thanks for the suggestion, but please note. Tone - try c...
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-11, 9:42 am
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

Thora Wrote:...then I read it also as being about the topics and people in the RTK forum. ... Er no, I don't follow RTK politics that closely. Let us hope Hanzidamus did not have any real revelations...
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-05, 4:45 am
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

kazelee Wrote:Readings? Memorize them as an absurd poem? Ah, basically yes. The first priority is to learn the tones correctly, as that is what I, at least, have the most problems remembering.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-05, 4:42 am
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

Thora, thanks, but it really is a way of stringing together a fixed set of phrases. Where do the phrases come from? Now this is a forum for discussion of Heisig and Richardson's Remembering Simplifed ...
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-04, 10:31 pm
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

Quote:42 Quote:The magic words are squeamish ossifrage sorry no... more hint: it may help you remember something about the hanzi.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-04, 9:40 am
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

Hanzidamus might be better... comes of writing late at night. If you need a hint, try writing the pinyin for the characters.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-03, 11:07 pm
    Thread: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)
Post: A prophesy of Kanjidamus (a puzzle)

Here's a bit of a puzzle for you; can you work it out? An old man death's the fruit of shallow toil, His body's water but spit on the soil, The overseer draws iron and strikes the leg, Wretched dog, ...
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 15 3,254 2009-12-03, 10:28 am
    Thread: Hanzi beyond RTH
Post: Hanzi beyond RTH

I do have a set of breakdowns for about 25000 traditional Hanzi; would that be of any use to anyone? Accuracy not guaranteed but could be used as a basis.
mellison Chinese and Hanzi 22 28,887 2009-08-10, 7:30 am