A great resource for research on Chinese characters is http://www.shuowenjiezi.com

Recently updated, it shows now a digitized version of the work of Duàn Yùcái i 段玉裁,, Shuō wén jiě zì zhù 說文解字注 (short: Duanzhu 段注) alongside Xǔshèn 許慎’s classic Shuō wén jiě zì 說文解字.

#Chinese #character #kanji #漢字 #sinogram #language #linguistics

http://www.shuowenjiezi.com

I updated the graphical etymology entry on 字 and wrote an info text to clarify some of its technical meanings through history, in passing introducing the useful distinction between sinograms as graphs and as written words.

#sinogram #chinese #kanji #漢字 #language

https://social.ningen.one/chuui/How-did-X%C7%94-Sh%C3%A8n-%E8%A8%B1%E6%85%8E-use-w%C3%A9n-%E6%96%87-and-z%C3%AC-%E5%AD%97

My take on the #graphical #etymology of the #sinogram (#chinese #character) of 敢

#kanji #漢字

https://charinfo.ketmia.net/%E6%95%A2.html#jigen

I needed an clutter free online resource for stroke order of #kanji/ #hanji/ #漢字 that included less frequent characters. I couldn't find one so I made one: https://characterdb.ketmia.net/hitsujun/

INTRO:

I know that there are lots of other online resources for showing the stroke order of sinograms. Some of them are more useful than others. Most (probaly all) of them are incomplete with regard differences in stroke order according to region and writing style. Additionally, they explain often a rather limited number of sinograms.

KanjiStrokeOrders has the first two limitations as well (and might be less well maintained) but it does explain many more graphs (I counted 6612). I also happen to like the minimalist black and white single image with numbers style. If you know of a better resource, please let me know.

#sinogram #筆陣

I wonder whether the characters for 瑪瑙 were chosen not only for their sound but also for their strokes, resembling somewhat the weird lines in agate... especially 瑙... I’m also tempted to read a word “horse brain”...

#漢字 #character #sinogram #Chinese