=?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCJEYkcyRJJCYkaiRlJCYkOBsoQg==?= writes:
> >So you replace radicals with something else. It's the same problem:
> >someone not familiar with hanzi are no better served with that method
> >than sticking to Kangxi or some other, er, radical, scheme.
>
> Quick how many strokes in mouth. Bzzt. Wrong. Three, not four.
Not a fair question. Obviously someone who has never counted strokes
before is going to guess four, until you explain to them the rules,
which are quite logical. So you propose that someone has to memorize
200+ radicals in addition to counting strokes? Please.
-tree
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