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Friday, February 20, 2026
The Ancient Method to Fight Fraud in China - The anti-fraud number set
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/_7h4pAr6Mak
This video is about the anti-fraud numerals,a very simple and old method to find against fraud. I show how the basic numbers are written with normal characters pronounced exacty like the numerals.
1 一 → 壹
2 二 → 贰 / 貳
3 三 → 叁 / 參
4 四 → 肆
5 五 → 伍
6 六 → 陆 / 陸
7 七 → 柒
8 八 → 捌
9 九 → 玖
10 十 → 拾
100 百 → 佰
1000 千 → 仟
10000 万 → 萬
The Chinese financial numeral system (大写数字 / 大寫數字), is also called bankers’ numerals or anti-fraud numerals.
The earliest systematic use of financial numerals is traditionally attributed to the reign of Wu Zetian (武则天, r. 690–705)
The decisive moment of formal standardization came under the Hongwu Emperor (朱元璋, r. 1368–1398), founder of the Ming dynasty.
By the 19th century, anti-fraud numerals were fully embedded in Chinese commercial law and banking practice.
Financial numerals remain in:
Cheques
Contracts
Banknotes
Receipts
Legal documentation even into the 21st century.
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Triplet Characters - Pattern repetition in Chinese writing 木 - 森 日 - 晶 口 - 品
The video shows how one character can be tripled and written as a new character with either a new pronuciation or a new meaning or both. Think of 一 三,木森,日晶 and so on. In the video I give my own favourite 10 triplets. It shows how important repetition is in Chinese writing and Chinese characters.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hjV1vqLsXdA
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
The simple character 六 has a very complex history
The video tells the story of an apparently extremely easy Chinese character. The Chinese character 六. The video describes its various meanings, pronunciations and written variants. It shows the original pictography meaning "hut". The Chinese character 六 was once used as a surname, but it modern times ot appears under a different pronunciation in the name of the city 六安市 from 安徽 province. The Chinese character 六 is written as 陆 when written as part of the anti-fraud set of numbers currently mandatory in use in banky and financial institutions.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/weDXjdTZChI
Thursday, February 12, 2026
盲文 Chinese Braille and Chinese Characters - The Shocking Truth
盲文 Chinese Braille and Chinese Characters - The Shocking Truth
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bWIAyVofNd4
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Thursday, January 29, 2026
The most complicated Chinese character - It takes 3 minutes to write it neatly
Premiere in 2 hours
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PkYLYaoWP_4
Huáng is the most complicated character in the world. It is made up of no less than 168 character strokes. (You can count the strokes as well just to make sure) If the character were listed in dictionaries, you would find it under the radical 辶 chuò which means "to walk". In this video I am voicing my own interpretation of the meaning of the character. One can see the character as a talisman, a lucky charm if you may. Why? Because the center of the character is made up of the dragon 龍 lóng and the phoenix 鳥 fèng intertwined as if in an ethereal dance up amongst the dense clouds. The dragon and the phoenix together are a symbol of wisdom and prosperity. If we look at the character huáng, we see that apart from the radical chuò, there is the lower half of the character that represents the real world, with components such as the two mountains 山 shān populated by the three deer 鹿 lù roaming freely like the wind 風 fēng. Then, there is the upper half of the character. As if in a dream or a vision we catch a glimpse of the lofty celestial world populated by the dragon 龍 lóng and the phoenix 鳥 fèng intertwined in a dance amidst the dense clouds 昙 tán and deafening thunder 雷 léi. Having such a vision is tantamount to grasping the law (dharma 昙 tán) of yin and yang governing our universe. So the character huáng tells the story of the ultimate vision one has while walking through life (辶) in a landscape populated by deer (鹿) roaming in the mountains (山山). At the heart of the chararacter is the dragon (龍) and the phoenix (鳥) that fly (飛) playfully together amongst the dense clouds (昙) and deafening thunder 雷 léi.
Huáng is the most complicated character in the world. It is made up of no less than 168 character strokes. (You can count the strokes as well just to make sure) If the character were listed in dictionaries, you would find it under the radical 辶 chuò which means "to walk". In this video I am voicing my own interpretation of the meaning of the character. One can see the character as a talisman, a lucky charm if you may. Why? Because the center of the character is made up of the dragon 龍 lóng and the phoenix 鳥 fèng intertwined as if in an ethereal dance up amongst the dense clouds. The dragon and the phoenix together are a symbol of wisdom and prosperity. If we look at the character huáng, we see that apart from the radical chuò, there is the lower half of the character that represents the real world, with components such as the two mountains 山 shān populated by the three deer 鹿 lù roaming freely like the wind 風 fēng. Then, there is the upper half of the character. As if in a dream or a vision we catch a glimpse of the lofty celestial world populated by the dragon 龍 lóng and the phoenix 鳥 fèng intertwined in a dance amidst the dense clouds 昙 tán and deafening thunder 雷 léi. Having such a vision is tantamount to grasping the law (dharma 昙 tán) of yin and yang governing our universe. So the character huáng tells the story of the ultimate vision one has while walking through life (辶) in a landscape populated by deer (鹿) roaming in the mountains (山山). At the heart of the chararacter is the dragon (龍) and the phoenix (鳥) that fly (飛) playfully together amongst the dense clouds (昙) and deafening thunder 雷 léi.
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