Andreas Guder 顾安达 顧安達
@aguder.bsky.social
Chinesisch als Fremdsprache / Chinese as a Foreign Language Teaching and Research 中文作为外语教学与研究, Freie Universität Berlin
Blog on 1800+ Chinese characters here: https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/andreasguder-hanzi/schriftzeichen-etymographien/
Blog on 1800+ Chinese characters here: https://blogs.fu-berlin.de/andreasguder-hanzi/schriftzeichen-etymographien/
A more sensitive problem in my view is the character 猶 (犹) (which now has only abstract meaning) in 猶太 (犹太) yóutài "jewish". It contains the signific "wild animal" or "dog" 犭. I remember having read somewhere that there was an application for a change on this in Taiwan which was rejected.
November 16, 2025 at 8:59 AM
A more sensitive problem in my view is the character 猶 (犹) (which now has only abstract meaning) in 猶太 (犹太) yóutài "jewish". It contains the signific "wild animal" or "dog" 犭. I remember having read somewhere that there was an application for a change on this in Taiwan which was rejected.