The ORIGINs of
Western & Chinese Written Languages
西方文字 與 中文 的起源

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(I) Western Letters 西 方 文 字

(II) Chinese Letters 東 方 文 字

(I)
Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek,
Latin, ... Arabic

Over past some 5,000 years, Egyptian, Phoenician, Greek,
Latin, ... Arabic languages started out as IDEOGRAPHIC also,
but later gradually developed out
some 20+ BASIC PHONETIC LETTERs.

In the begining, "words" are STRINGs of these
"basic phonetic letters (alphabets)" and some ICONs.
Eventually, today's WESTERN ALPHABETIC LANGUAGES.

A religious record 宗教 記述

Egyptian Letters
埃 及 文 字
必須使用「表意符號 (determinative)」！
否則讀的人不懂文意！

Arabic Letters

(II)
Chinese :

1. What are the Chinese, Korean,
Japanese Languages ?

About some 7,000 years ago, Chinese in the EAST started
her "written language" in the same fashion,

IDEOGRAPH.

But, following the "same route" to develop out today's Chinese characters.
Eventually, today's CHINESE.

Observation: There are 9 steps in development of
a Chinese character. The first 4 were from
"line combination" to an "image detailed drawing".
Egyptian letters seemed to begin here.

從甲骨文到現代字, 漢字大致分成九個階段.
埃及文字從 "畫" 開始, 似是開始於第四個階段.

"文字" 是中華民族不斷發皇,
永不墜落的 "關鍵":

A social / political record 社會 / 政事 記述

"Simplifying Changes" were being made correspondingly,
thus readers can comprehend them easily.
This is WHY "cheng kai" can last ages.
Thousands of Years !!!

一切 "簡化" 皆係依照 "原形蛻變" 而達成, 絕無新造.
故 "理解" 容易.
所以, 正楷可以經歷近二千年, 無大變化.
沿用至今, 立於不敗之地 !!!

徐永康 數學博士恭書正楷 Great Commonwealth

2,000+ year-old "Chinese Political Philosophy"
二千多年來的 "中華政治 哲理" 想法

A "Chinese character (word)" started out as a "picture".
People then attached "sound (language)" to it.

You see, the "way" of thinking is different.
CHINESE has both VISUAL and AUDIO.
These two (2) "IMPRESSIONs" makes CHINESE THINKS
both VISUAL and AUDIO, more logically.

Thus, a "character" is a "whole" idea.
It should be processed as a WHOLE.

Ancient vs. Modern Characters
古體字 與 今體字 對照

2. An "Ideographic-Language Character"
is NOT a "string" of RADICALs!

In order to "input" a character into a computer,

(I)   some clever ones DI-SECT a character into several
pieces (so-call RADICALs) wishing them working as "alphabets".

CODE chart CheongChi EXAMPLEs - showing how a character is DI-SECTED

CODE chart

Radical Problems

    HOW to code a SIMPLIFIED character ???

Need a more "complex" keyboard to input
a SIMPLIFIED character !!!

Simplified vs. Traditional     WuBi Input Code Samples

(II)   others take the PHONETIC APPROACH.

PinYin & ZuYin

PinYin     ZuYin

Phonetic PROBLEMS 音符法的困難

中文的本質: One Voice-Multiple Words 一音多字 One Word-Multiple Voices 一字多音

3. An "Ideographic-Language Character" is
neither "linear" nor alphabetical.

The "word (character)" is not
a STRING of something.
It is a PICTURE in nature!

How a "character" is constructed
by STROKEs originally ?

TODAY - Traditional & Simplified :

You need DEPICT the "visual impression (a picture)".
The best way to DO it is to DESCRIBE the "frame of a picture".

 

Then, some more INFORMATION in it.

Best Way to Start
Learning Chinese Language

The Development of
Chinese Input Systems

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There are 3 kinds of Chinese Input Systems:
中文輸入法有三大類:

Radical Methods 字根式輸入法

Phonetic Methods 語音式輸入法

Digital Methods 數字式 輸入法

A Simple Way to Process
All Three Languages

漢字 電腦數字化
以便利兒童 暨 普羅大眾
使用新科技產物「個人電腦」,
可立即增大 國家生產力

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想脫離「尋找輸入碼」的困境，「數目字碼」
好像是「唯一可能」的出路！
"Number-Code Method" may be the "only way out"
of this DILEMMA.

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