WANT!

[kevyn]

Just when I begin to learn to read Chinese, BoingBoing puts the spotlight on this:



"...Chinese characters are cleverly placed over some of the things."

Cool! Definitely WANT!

( Ganked from BoingBoing )

Comments

...and the 5-year-old says, "Whutsa Radikle?"

[kevynjacobs.livejournal.com]

As soon as I am educated enough to comprehend what you just said, I will respond.

In the meantime, I just want to look at the pretty pictures for character recognition.

Re: ...and the 5-year-old says, "Whutsa Radikle?"

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

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Okay, see the three little "ticks" on the far left of the character? This is a radical. In this case, this is a "water" radical, meaning that the character in this instance has something to do with water.

Other characters with the water radical:

河 - A river
泣 - Crying
洗 - Washing
波 - Waves
海 - Sea

Note that in each case, they all have the same three "ticks," and this indicates having some connection with water. Many radicals operate this way, indicating connections with people, birds, ice, fire, trees ...