A new discipline: Modern Chinese Characterology

Author: Cao Xianzhuo Su Peicheng
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Publish Date: 2000-07-01
Features: This book is one of the "100 Series of Linguistic and Literary Compendia," a popular reading on modern Chinese character philology. The authors are all linguistically knowledgeable professionals, some of whom are renowned scholars. Language and writing are the carriers of information and an indispensable basic means of human civilization development, playing an even more significant role in the information age. The book is divided into six parts, introducing relevant knowledge about modern Chinese characters and modern Chinese character philology, the quantity of modern Chinese characters, their forms, phonetics, order, and character formation methods. The content focuses on the knowledge people encounter in their studies and daily lives. At the end of the book, a reference bibliography is provided. Readers seeking detailed information on modern Chinese character philology can follow the clues offered there to find more important books and articles.