Polysyllabic sinoglyphs

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From Markus Samuel Haselbeck, responding to Egas Moniz-Bandeira on Twitter/X:

Proof that the sinoglyphic writing system is open-ended, both with regard to the number of sinoglyphs it includes and the number of syllables each glyph contains.

Selected readings



1 Comment

  1. Chris Button said,

    April 12, 2024 @ 8:49 am

    Conversely it's interesting how some Japanese multi-syllabic kun-yomi occasionally vary between one dedicated character and another spelling using one character per syllable.

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