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    Thread: Confused about 什 & 甚
Post: Confused about 什 & 甚

Thanks, Rubrick. That is very helpful & makes sense. It seems a handful of simplifications may have made their way into the traditional lexicon. I have a feeling that the same situation is true ...
aadonovan Chinese and Hanzi 3 2,723 2014-01-12, 11:01 pm
    Thread: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs
Post: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs

Gotcha. Thanks Horace. Phew.
aadonovan Chinese and Hanzi 5 3,553 2014-01-04, 10:57 pm
    Thread: Confused about 什 & 甚
Post: Confused about 什 & 甚

Here is a weird one. I found a printed flashcard that lists the simplified and traditional characters for the English word "what?" (pinyin: shen2) as: 什 (simplified) and 甚 (traditional). Weirdly, it...
aadonovan Chinese and Hanzi 3 2,723 2014-01-04, 10:37 pm
    Thread: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs
Post: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs

Thanks for that info - it's very helpful. That probably also explains one other difference I've come across. #1069, 禮, "ceremony," shows an altar in the left position in the book and on this site. Bu...
aadonovan Chinese and Hanzi 5 3,553 2013-12-15, 7:53 pm
    Thread: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs
Post: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs

The primitives of Taskmaster and Walking Legs and be very similar, no? For example, in #934, "Tasks," one font I see shows what looks like walking legs in the upper right, but per the book & stor...
aadonovan Chinese and Hanzi 5 3,553 2013-11-20, 1:52 pm