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Glyph origin of 找
Classic interpretation is a hand 手 seeking a spear/halberd 戈. But what does searching have to do with weapons/spears/halberds 戈? 戈 also doesn't seem to be a phonetic as they don't sound alike even in ...
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Glyph origin of 牽?
So very recently, I started my self-research of glyph origins again after a while. One particular that I thought was interesting to explore is 牽 (qiān; drag, pull, lead by hand) and there seems to be ...
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Interpreting the characters on a Chinese chop made for me (Characters identified: 特雷弗印)
A while ago I had a chop made by a Chinese art teacher. Unfortunately I no longer have contact details. I was wondering if anyone could translate the meaning of the characters. After some research I ...
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Need help identifying this signature chop? wondering about meaning, age, history? (Characters identified: 彝齋)
I have this beautiful silk wall screen with lilies, and would love to know more about it. I cannot can't find any information. Can anyone help identify the chop stamp please? wondering about meaning, ...
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Artist name and date of painting
What is the artist name and date of the painting? It’s ink on paper 7.5 in x 8 in.
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Hoping to identify a stamp on a bronze that I have
I am hoping someone can help me identify the stamp on what I believe is a Chinese bronze crab.
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Can you help identify seal markings?
I have over 40 ink paintings that I am trying to identify, flowers, fish, humans, horse etc. They are painted on very thin paper with Chinese writing.
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雙注 Double zhuyin?
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Background:
I'm a cangjie typist and only really use phonetic methods when looking up new words I don't know the shape of.
But I'm interested in double ...
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How did 物色 become a verb meaning "to look for"?
I feel that most Chinese words have meanings understandable from the meanings of its characters. However, the word
物色 (wùsè): to look for; to seek out; to choose
and its characters
物 (wù): (...
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What TW Guoyu readings have been influenced by the proliferation of Putonghua?
I'm curious to know what TW Guoyu readings have been affected by the proliferation of Putonghua.
Essentially we're talking about ~20 million speakers vs. ~1 billion speakers. Again, thinking about ...
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I need help identifying the characters on this artist’s seal (Characters identified: 南海)
I have this cool tshirt from the 1990’s and really want to know who is the artist. I actually lived in Guangdong for 4 years and have asked some friends but they cannot help. So�� translation software ...
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Help please on translating this stamp (Characters identified: 關一鳴)
I need help identifying the stamp
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How to display CJK Extension J?
CJK Extension J just released in Unicode 17 back in September.
Is there a consensus on the best font for this?
Some ideas:
I'm partial to Jigmo as the newest child of Koichi Kamichi, creator of the ...
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Could Southwestern Mandarin "hou" be related to Hakka "honn"?
In 袁俊芳's paper entitled《乐山方言特殊语气词分析——兼与成都方言比较》we can see a clear example of how the modal particle "吼" is used:
吳睿純's《客語中的語尾助詞honn》also contains a lot of examples of "honn" in ...
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Looking for a translation of this seal (Characters identified: 李可文)
Could someone please translate this personal seal for me? Found it among my late dad’s things. I believe this is an older form of Chinese writing. Is there a modern equivalent?
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