That's why I said it's partly phonetic. From the perspective of language learning I think it's extremely helpful to be able to intuit from the phonetic component that they will sound similar. I would also say that the…
Most hanzi in Mandarin are partly phonetic. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters#Phono-seman.... It's generally not based on radical, but on the so called phonetic component. See say 元, 远, 园, 院.
When I was working at Boeing, my boss who was around during those times gave this anecdote. Apparently in return for being allowed to build the 777, the city of Everett (maybe it was Renton or the state of Washington)…
That's why I said it's partly phonetic. From the perspective of language learning I think it's extremely helpful to be able to intuit from the phonetic component that they will sound similar. I would also say that the…
Most hanzi in Mandarin are partly phonetic. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters#Phono-seman.... It's generally not based on radical, but on the so called phonetic component. See say 元, 远, 园, 院.
When I was working at Boeing, my boss who was around during those times gave this anecdote. Apparently in return for being allowed to build the 777, the city of Everett (maybe it was Renton or the state of Washington)…