... ’m not saying a particular Chinese word right (I have no doubt she knows better than me). The other day, really out of nowhere, she decided she wanted to learn how to write some hanzi. Below the fold is her first attempt, which, considering that she can barely write English, is really not too bad. She was particularly interested in learning numbers, and words that she likes. The translation ...

Setting: AU mashup of personalities from the Three Kingdoms Era (China, 184 to 220 CE) and the Sengoku era (Japan, 1467-1573 CE). Searches: I looked up the hanzi in question in Wiktionary, which is a good resource but didn't entirely help me for reasons I'll explain in a minute. Character X references his strategist by one the strategist's (canonical) nicknames, which in (Mandarin) ...

... had a very bad attitude towards learning Chinese characters (hanzi). I started with the PC hanzi book and gave up after only two chapters. I felt discouraged at ... Learn how to read pinyin 2. Remember the tones 3. Learn how to read hanzi 4. Learn how to write hanzi So far I have only semi-mastered step 1 and I still sometimes make mistakes when I read pinyin. This past week I had an epiphany ...

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This girl on Jeopardy! is studying Mandarin, French, and Spanish. Alex asked her which was hardest, guessing Mandarin. She said Mandarin is harder to speak, but "French is harder to write". Sure, French spelling is wacky, but I'm guessing she hasn't started on hanzi (the characters) yet. Fresh from The Greenbelt

... American, South American and European continents, the Megakey keyboard will contain an additional 327 keys arranged in circumference around the existing layout. The key groupings will include Russian Cyrillic, Japanese Kanji, Chinese Hanzi, Arabic Script, and U.S. Redneck Phonetics.” To read the humorous posting on The Spoof website, see www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s5i62751.