Re: Japanese character validation
| From: | Eugene Lee | Date: | Fri, 07 Nov 2003 19:43:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Japanese character validation | ||
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On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 01:35:40AM +0900, - Edwin - wrote:
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: On 2003.11.7, at 18:37 Asia/Tokyo, Marek Kilimajer wrote:
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: ...[snip]...
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: >Are Kanji and Kana chracter sets?
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: "Kan" -> Chinese + "ji" -> character
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: kana: (quoted from the American Heritage Dictionary)
: "1. Japanese syllabic writing. The characters are simplified kanji
Actually, kana are not "simplified kanji" because it is not the case
that kana can replace kanji while preserving the exact same meaning.
In fact, most kana by themselves have no meaning.