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CHINESE CHARACTERS

物: The Ox, The Earth, and The Infinite

How the character for “ox” evolved to encompass everything within the cosmos

By Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Pan Fengfan (潘风帆)   July 15, 2024
CHINESE CHARACTERS

游: Learn the Chinese Character for Journeys and Adventures

​The character 游 is for travel, imagination, and going with the flow

By Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Pan Fengfan (潘风帆)   April 30, 2024
CHINESE CHARACTERS

How a Character That Once Referred to Barbarians Now Represents Civility

Learn how the character 文 went from being a term for the uncivilized in ancient China to referring to literature, refinement, and culture in the modern day

By Pan Fengfan (潘风帆)   January 19, 2024
CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 公

A character with the public interest at heart

By Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Siyi Chu (褚司怡)   October 6, 2022
CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 癌

The history of language around cancer

By Sun Jiahui (孙佳慧)   February 4, 2021
CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 抱

Embrace the history of this clingy character

By Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)   January 21, 2021
TRADITIONAL CULTURE

On the Character: 卫

A character that will never let down its guard

By Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Aaron Hsueh   July 26, 2020
CHINESE CHARACTERS

On the Character: 滑

Don’t let go of this slippery character

By Huang Weijia (黄伟嘉) & Tan Yunfei (谭云飞)   March 29, 2020
TECHNOLOGY

Walled-Off: Pinyin Input

Third-party input systems for typing in Chinese

By William Tanza   October 3, 2019