Re: Characters (was: Nice comment, Adam! (was: beautiful scripts))

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As a Caucasian American, I wonder if I have the right
to vote on Chinese characters (?)... but anyhow, I
still say the Japanese
partially-simplified-but-still-not-Maoies characters
are the most aesthetic (although totally unpleasing to
the eye when mixed with kana).
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Actually, believe it or not, I don't mind the Japanese
simplifications: they're much more graceful in my personal opinion,
not too bad. Sort of like halfway between both extremes. For example,
the kanji for _kae(ru)_ to return (umm, don't know the Mandarin but
it's cantonese /kwAi5/) in Japanese retains the entire right side of
the kanji whereas the simplified Chinese version mangles it even
further. :P It's hard to describe without seeing the characters.


<< BTW, do Taiwanese &/or Mainlanders find Japanese
Chinese characters difficult to recognize?  How about
Koreans?  What about the "made in Japan" ones like
"toge" (looks like character for "top" is on top of
the character for "below," with a "mountain"
["yama-hen"] to the left) ? >>

Those are interesting ... aren't they called "kokuji" (correct me if
I'm wrong)? I notice that they conform to normal Chinese character-
building patterns, and don't look too out of place.

Imperative



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