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What the Word ‘Toad’ Can Tell You About China’s Modernization

While users of a phonetic alphabet can sound out a word, writers of Chinese must memorize a series of character strokes unique to that word, and the strokes have to be executed in a precise order.

 

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Keywords: 
Chinese Characters, Chinese Language
 
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Arts, Education, History
Keywords: 
Chinese Characters, Chinese Language
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