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Adding some "etymology" to the character description

lennier61   August 29th, 2009 2:17p.m.

I know that having all together is a dream, however I would like to share with you Oh! Skritter Creators!

Sometimes adding a few etymological hints help a lot to remember a character, for instance 裁 that means to cut and reduce, would be easier to remember if we could be aware that the cross and the knife roots joint to be like a scissor and the radical for "clothes" is included in the under side. So its meaning is related to "cutting stuff or clothes".

Sources for this information: Wenlin software, www.zhongwen.com



levitooker   August 29th, 2009 10:47p.m.

I also find myself going to zhongwen.com to find the etymology of characters I find difficult to remember. Even just a link to the character's entry on zhongwen.com would be helpful, instead of having to go search for it myself.

henning   August 30th, 2009 1:11a.m.

Another Ethymology-Ressource is http://www.internationalscientific.org/ (e.g. check 海)

nick   August 31st, 2009 5:19p.m.

There's also a thread here on this:
http://www.skritter.com/forum/topic?id=7695743&comments=16

We have really grand plans for displaying etymologies / character breakdowns that will take a while. Also, linking directly to characters in zhongwen.com is problematic in certain browsers. We'll get there eventually and it will be extremely awesome.

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