Databases
The Role of the “Groove” 卯 Character in Chinese Writing: 69 characters and 22 definitions
by Jennifer Ball and Xu Chao Using a Hanzi substructure-search engine designed by Xu Chao and Jennifer Ball Nov. 11, 2018 Thanks to Chinese…
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The Role of the “Youth/Essence” 青/靑 Character in Chinese Writing
byJennifer Ball and Xu ChaoUsing a Hanzi substructure-search engine designed by Xu Chao and Jennifer BallNov. 11, 2018 Thanks to Chinese Text Project, Wiktionary,…
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The Role of the Female 女 Character in Chinese Writing: 1,495 characters and 645 definitions
by Jennifer Ball and Xu Chao Using a Hanzi substructure-search engine designed by Xu Chao and Jennifer Ball Nov. 5, 2018 Thanks to Chinese…
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Role of the “Opposite Dog “犭 Character in Chinese Writing: 947 Characters 279 definitions
by Jennifer Ball and Xu Chao Using a Hanzi substructure-search engine designed by Xu Chao and Jennifer Ball Aug. 16, 2018 Semantic Breakdown of…
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Could Mayan Flowers Really Be Vaginas?
Is this first character really a Water Lily? Especially considering the package this jaguar is sporting? (See reddened circles.) The bisymmetry of the “u…
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Chinese Quadruple Radicals Provide New Insight Into the Meaning of Singular Words
By Jennifer Ball and Maggie Li (李琪) Quadruple radicals are not common, but they do give a sense of what one character means if…
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Chinese Triple Radicals Tells You a Lot About the Culture that Created Them
If one radical means X, three radicals should mean 3X, so studying triple radicals, even if some are archaic, tells you a lot about…
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Seal-Ovum-“gp”-Shaped Analysis
卵 ovum – luan3 (leon2 leon5 lo5) 孵 hatch, sit on eggs – fu1 (fu1) 㲉 eggshells – kai4 ke2 (dik1 hok3) 毈 fertile eggs;…
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Rice-Semen Analysis of Chinese Characters
Rice-semen metaphor analysis Compiled by Jennifer Ball © September 4, 2010 Black = rice (米 or 禾) component Blue = essence, youth 青component Green…
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Female substructures (乃，丫，丑，母，etc.) in Chinese script
Females in Chinese Script by Jennifer Ball © February 16, 2011 Why is “Y” at the end of our alphabet? Because the shape of…
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Vaginas depicted in Sumerian: a database with commentary
This is the Sumerian word for “woman,” rotated 90° clockwise. During the development of their writing, the Sumerians rotated everything counter-clockwise by 90° for…
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Breasts Depicted in Sumerian Cuneiform: a database
Breasts are depicted in a variety of ways in cuneiform. This is a database of every example of breasts in cuneiform. The first example…
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Seal Script addendum to “Meow”
Addendum to “‘Meow’ is just another name for ‘Cat’” Seal Script underpinnings by Jennifer Ball © January 28, 2011 The word “cultivated” is…
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