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Posted By: Jack Wed, Sep 19, 2018 IP: 2a02:c7d:2a2d:7500:a Hallo all. |
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Posted By: rat Thu, Sep 20, 2018 It might be easiest to contribute information about things you are already good at. There are plenty of books, but which of them will be useful to you depends on your goals. Is there some specific kind of thing you want to be able to read? (painting inscriptions? marks on ceramics? seals?) Some background on Chinese language and characters: Oliver Moore, "Chinese" (part of a U Cal book series called Reading the Past) is a short book (70 pages) that discusses the language early Chinese script types. A longer paperback that talks about the Chinese language in more depth (and doesn't focus on early history) is Richard Newnham, "About Chinese". Some information about marks on Chinese porcelain is here: http://gotheborg.com/marks/20thcenturychina.shtml |
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Posted By: mikeoz Thu, Sep 20, 2018 Hi Jack, |
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Posted By: Jack Fri, Sep 21, 2018 MikeOz/Rat, thank you both for the information you provide. |
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Posted By: I.Nagy Fri, Sep 21, 2018 Dear Jack, |
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Posted By: Jack Sat, Sep 22, 2018 Hi I.Nagy. |
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Posted By: Rat Sun, Sep 23, 2018 I. Nagy, |
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Posted By: Martin Michels Sat, Sep 22, 2018 Hallo Jack, |
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Posted By: Jack Tue, Sep 25, 2018 Thank you for your suggestions Martin. |
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Posted By: Rogerd Tue, Sep 25, 2018 Jack: I recommend that you get a copy of "List of 500 Kanji" printed by the University of California Press. This is a large-print text book in a handy 6x8 inch size, and includes hiragana and katakana as well as 500 kanji, all with stroke order and with running script equivalents. I believe used copies are available. The book is very valuable in learning the basics of Japanese writing. |
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