Sunday, December 14, 2025

MEotW: Hāmǐjíduōdùn

The Mandarin Expression of the Week is:

Do Chinese characters really directly represent meaning visually, without dependence on language sound?


Table 7 Semantic Versus Phonetic Aspects of Chinese Characters, p. 129, _The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy_

Table from p. 129 of the book The Chinese Language: Fact and Fantasy


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