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245 10 a| Chinese characters across Asia :b| how the Chinese script came to write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese /c| Zev Handel.;

264 1 a| Seattle :b| University of Washington Press,c| [2025];

300 a| xxii, 250 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 24 cm;

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504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| Conventions -- Chinese dynasties and modern historical periods -- What are Chinese characters? -- Chinese writing: from antiquity to the present -- Classical Chinese: a written language for East Asia -- Sound and meaning: adapting characters to write other languages -- Linear adaptations: Korean and Japanese -- Composite adaptation: Vietnamese and Zhuang -- Chinese characters in the modern era: today's written Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Zhuang -- Universal writing: the impossible dream -- Glossary of linguistic and technical terms.;

520 a| "While other ancient nonalphabetic scripts such as Summerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs are long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese. In medieval East Asia, the written Classical Chinese language knit the region together in a common intellectual enterprise that encompassed religion, philosophy, historiography, political theory, art, and literature. Literacy in Classical Chinese set the stage for the adaptation of Chinese characters into new ways of writing non-Chinese languages such as Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese. Myths and misunderstandings about Chinese characters abound. Where does this writing system come from? How does it work? How did it come to be used to write non-Chinese languages? And why has it proven so resilient? "Chinese Characters across Asia" addresses these questions by exploring the spread and adaptation of the script across two millenia. Meant for readers with no prior knowledge of Chinese script or Asian languages, it presents a fascinating story that challenges assumptions about speech and writing." -- Back cover.;

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Chinese characters across Asia : how the Chinese script came to write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese / Zev Handel.

Author/creator	Handel, Zev J. author.
Format	Book
Publication	Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2025]
Description	xxii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects	Chinese characters. Chinese language. Chinese language--Writing. Writing systems.

Contents	Conventions -- Chinese dynasties and modern historical periods -- What are Chinese characters? -- Chinese writing: from antiquity to the present -- Classical Chinese: a written language for East Asia -- Sound and meaning: adapting characters to write other languages -- Linear adaptations: Korean and Japanese -- Composite adaptation: Vietnamese and Zhuang -- Chinese characters in the modern era: today's written Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese, and Zhuang -- Universal writing: the impossible dream -- Glossary of linguistic and technical terms.
Abstract	"While other ancient nonalphabetic scripts such as Summerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs are long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese. In medieval East Asia, the written Classical Chinese language knit the region together in a common intellectual enterprise that encompassed religion, philosophy, historiography, political theory, art, and literature. Literacy in Classical Chinese set the stage for the adaptation of Chinese characters into new ways of writing non-Chinese languages such as Vietnamese, Korean, and Japanese. Myths and misunderstandings about Chinese characters abound. Where does this writing system come from? How does it work? How did it come to be used to write non-Chinese languages? And why has it proven so resilient? "Chinese Characters across Asia" addresses these questions by exploring the spread and adaptation of the script across two millenia. Meant for readers with no prior knowledge of Chinese script or Asian languages, it presents a fascinating story that challenges assumptions about speech and writing." -- Back cover.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN	9780295753010 hardback
ISBN	0295753013 hardback
ISBN	9780295753027 paperback
ISBN	0295753021

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