Things we get fixated as a society. Cultural icons, in other words.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Chinese kanji

Chinese kanjiChinese kanji are not an easy thing to find and the reason for this is that you are searching for the wrong thing. Because "kanji" is the Japanese name for Chinese characters so while "Japanese kanji" is a legitimate concept, "Chinese kanji" is a hybrid nonsense. The Chinese call their characters "hanzi" which is exactly the same as "kanji," only pronounced in Chinese.

Perhaps this is getting a bit confusing. To explain this in a nutshell: You should look for "Chinese characters" or "hanzi" or even "Chinese symbols," although this latter is also a bit inaccurate.

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