Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters
by progers7 on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @02:43AM
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Another fun part of Chinese is that most characters are monosyllabic. This makes numbers easy to remember and, on average, Chinese speakers can remember a few more random digits than English speakers can.
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Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters
by UIZealot on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @06:29AM
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Actually, ALL Chinese characters are monosyllabic.
Re:A simple explanation of Chinese characters
by jpatokal on Wednesday December 16, 2015 @07:06AM
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Except the ones that aren't:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters#Polysyllabi...