Monday, September 15, 2025

MEotW: Hànzì

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

In the big picture, how should we Mandarin field language learners view Chinese characters?


漢字 汉字

Letter from Mao Zedong re a “basic reform” of Chinese writing, involving a transition from Chinese characters to alphabetic writing

(The above picture is from near the beginning of the book The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy, by John DeFrancis.)


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