Pedroski Posted December 10, 2014 at 01:45 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 01:45 AM Anyone know this character? Meaning and pronounciation? I can't even display it in my Linux, so I posted the png. It is a question from stackexchange. You can find usage examples here: http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=gb&char=%F0%A6%A8%BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted December 10, 2014 at 03:43 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 03:43 AM It's an Extension B character. You need an Extension B font. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
陳德聰 Posted December 10, 2014 at 05:19 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 05:19 AM Judging by the Vietnamese pronunciation, it's probably pronounced "guang". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkeNYU Posted December 10, 2014 at 09:00 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 09:00 AM It is a Chữ Nôm meaning 'module' or 'box' (maritime), according to Sky Darmos. He offered these example compounds: ～船 khoang tuyền – deck (ship) ～梩 khoang lái – cockpit ～航 khoang hàng – hold (in a ship) ～行李 khoang hành lý – hold (in a plane) From what I know, this character does not exist in Chinese, Japanese, or Korean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imron Posted December 10, 2014 at 09:29 AM Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 09:29 AM For reference, if you need to look up hard to find characters the unihan database is a good place to start. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Will_TW Posted December 10, 2014 at 06:46 PM New Members Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 06:46 PM It's an ancient writing,not used anymore,you can only find in the poetry. According to the context,it probably has the same meaning as "船"(ship). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedroski Posted December 10, 2014 at 11:59 PM Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2014 at 11:59 PM Thanks a lot! Never heard of Chu Nom before! We have a teacher from Vietnam, but she did not recognize the character. I suppose Chu Nom is a special study. And thanks for the unihan link, I've book marked it for future reference. My Chinese bookmarks folder is getting rather large! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkeNYU Posted December 11, 2014 at 12:22 AM Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 at 12:22 AM The French imperialists abolished characters in Vietnam and forced their own Romanisation scheme on their colonial subjects. Some people, like Sky Darmos, are still literate in Vietnamese mixed script (Hán Nôm 漢喃), which basically uses Chữ Nôm {宁字}喃 for native words and Hán Tự 漢字 for Sino-Vietnamese words (similar to Korean mixed script). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedroski Posted December 11, 2014 at 03:52 AM Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 at 03:52 AM Dien Bian Phu put a stop to that! Thanks again, really feel I have learnt something! Anyone who wants these fonts and does not have them can download them from sourceforge: sourceforge.net/projects/vietunicode/files/hannom/hannom v2005/ If you use Linux, put them in /usr/share/fonts and enter sudo fc-cache -fv on the command line Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmayo Posted December 11, 2014 at 09:48 AM Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 at 09:48 AM The French imperialists abolished characters in Vietnam and forced their own Romanisation scheme on their colonial subjects is this really true? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiana Posted December 11, 2014 at 04:48 PM Report Share Posted December 11, 2014 at 04:48 PM is this really true? Good question! And no. It's just one of the modern myths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hofmann Posted December 12, 2014 at 01:57 AM Report Share Posted December 12, 2014 at 01:57 AM BTW, Sky Darmos is a quack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkeNYU Posted December 14, 2014 at 04:47 AM Report Share Posted December 14, 2014 at 04:47 AM Hofmann, is your 'location' a Team America: World Police reference? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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