I’ve resurrected an old post about how both Hieroglyphic, Chinese and Japanese write the word for the plant “sedge” with a pretty picture. But, how that “picture” is arbitrary and at the same time can contain phonetic information.

#漢字 #Chinese #Japanese #Hieroglyphs

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On Wednesday, 10 December, ELUC will present a revival screening of *En waar de sterre bleef stille staan* (2010), directed by Gust Van den Berghe, at Speeltuin Westerkwartier, Ten Katestraat 10a, near Haagweg, in #Leiden. #bioscoop #cinema #Leiden
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Many characters, including 真, became confused in the Eastern Zhou period. If its oracle bone form were found, it might clarify: was 真 originally depicting boiling a person alive?
Ochiai Atsushi thinks so (check out top row of the img). #漢字 #字源研究 #古文字研究 #paleography

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Screenshot of the website where I host of a hobby of mine, analysis and history of Chinese #characters #漢字