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For example: ζΌ’ε­— from both ζ—₯本θͺž (JP) and δΈ­ζ–‡ (ZH) are derivative from semantic concepts based on what they saw around them (when both languages were first created), kind of like this:

There's more examples of it I can come up with such as the following:

Also, both languages allow this writing orientation (R-L vertical):

I mean, they even have words that are "swapable" (mainly how characters are positioned but retain the same definition) as shown:

The thing is, both languages are logographic which allows for this form of conceptualization regarding vocabulary based on "shape":

That is in contrast with languages that use alphabets (as those are based on sound) while ζ—₯本θͺž (JP) and δΈ­ζ–‡ (ZH) are "pictorial" if that makes sense, meaning each character conveys a word or concept rather than a single letter that has no inherent definition.

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[–] ferric_carcinization@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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[–] GaumBeist@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

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