December 2008
Intermediate to advanced
912 pages
33h 22m
English
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Chapter 2: Writing Systems and Scripts
Ideographs are subsequently combined with other ideographs as words to form more
complex ideas or concepts. ese are called compounds ( jukugo in Japanese) or ideo-
graph compounds ( kango in Japanese). Table 2-36 lists a few examples. Note that
you can decompose words into pieces, each piece being a single ideograph with its own
meaning.
Ideograph compoundsTable 2-36.
Compound Meaning Component ideographs and their meanings
Japan
means sun, and means origin—where the sun rises.
short sword
means short, and means sword.
oxygen
means acid, and means element—the acid element.
curve
means curved, and means line—curved line.
Kendo
means sword, and means path—the way of the sword.
automobile
means self, means moving, and means car.
volcano
means re, and means mountain—re mountain.
at should give you a sense of how ideographs are constructed and how they are com-
bined with other ideographs to form compounds. But how did they come to be used in
Korea and Japan? ese and other questions are answered next.
The History of Ideographs
is section provides some brief historical context to explain the development of ideo-
graphs and how they came to be used in other regions or cultures, such as Korea, Japan, and
Vietnam.
The development of ideographs
Ideographs, believe it or not, share a history similar to that ...
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