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Thread: Hanzi beyond RTH Post: Hanzi beyond RTH I have cross referenced all the hanzi in Taiwan grades 1-8 set with those in RTH1&2, and removed duplicates. This leaves 569 characters and 18 variant forms that aren't in RTH. I've made a spread... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 22 | 28,859 | 2013-12-24, 12:37 am | ||
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Thread: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs Post: Taskmaster vs. Walking Legs 示 is the full form of 'altar' (Heisig keyword: 'show'). 礻 is an abbreviated form. When it appears on its own on the left, the two appear to be completely interchangable. See Kangxi entry for 禮 here ht... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 3,561 | 2013-12-18, 10:39 pm | ||
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Thread: Number of strokes in 豬 Post: Number of strokes in 豬 Hello bflatnine, many thanks for your comments. Yes, you are quite right, I have come to the conclusion that competency in vernacular Mandarin is a sine qua non to being able to access the vast maj... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 4,196 | 2013-06-05, 1:55 am | ||
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Thread: Number of strokes in 豬 Post: Number of strokes in 豬 Sorry, incorrect was the wrong word; did I mean non-standard? I think, if I had to pick a 'standard', it would be that of traditional calligraphy (which isn't really a standard anyway, just a time-hon... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 4,196 | 2013-05-03, 2:25 am | ||
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Thread: Aargh! Please help with *wind* Post: Aargh! Please help with *wind* I think the hook is always sharp when the 'small table' element is acting as an enclosure for some other element, as in 風,鳳,凰,佩. If it isn't enclosing anything, or just has a single 'drop' (as in 凡),... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 2 | 1,186 | 2013-05-02, 8:25 am | ||
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Thread: Are any wrong translations in "Remembering The Hanzi" Post: Are any wrong translations in "Remembering The Han... I always look up characters on pleco as I learn them -- it takes 2 seconds. I've found that the vast majority of the time Heisig's meaning is quite literally accurate. However, quite a few characters ... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 9 | 3,592 | 2013-04-30, 8:27 am | ||
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Thread: Number of strokes in 豬 Post: Number of strokes in 豬 Hello all, I've noticed that Heisig gives 豬 as 15 strokes (sow + puppet), and yet other sources count it to be 16: specifically, there should be an extra stroke (number 12). Here is the missing strok... |
Horace | Chinese and Hanzi | 5 | 4,196 | 2013-04-30, 7:43 am | ||