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Monday, August 18, 2025

The Maze of Chinese Writing - The Case of 能

This video is meant to showcase at the end of the character 能 and its derivatives the complexity of Chinese writing and writing reform. The video talks about the failure of the Chinese writing reform of 1956. Simplified character is a misnomer fed to unsuspecting learners of Chinese writing around the world when in fact traditional characters seems to have a better and more logical inner structure. See the example of the five traditional characters 能 熊 態 罷 擺 that were "simplified" to 能 熊 态 罢 摆, which are not simple and make no rhyme nor reason. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/LxVm9-egz5U

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