On Tue, 11 Jan 2000 15:50:00 -0800 (PST)
"A. Vine" <avine@eng.sun.com> wrote:
> > > ... For example, in interpreting
> > > obscure characters, where do they first look for a helpful radical?
Some radicals are helpful to interpret obscure characters; some
are not. For example, 言 in a obscure Han character helps
me to imagine its meaning connected with speaking or so. But
寸 do not.
> > The position of a radical in the character also likely has nothing to do
> > with text directionality.
I think so, too.
Shigeki Moro
moro@ya.sakura.ne.jp
http://www.ya.sakura.ne.jp/~moro/
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