Category: Writing Systems

Why You Should Be Using the US International Keyboard Layout »

By on Aug 4, 2009 in Writing Systems | 8 Comments

The bold statement that is the title of this post should really read “Why You Should Be Using the US International Keyboard Layout If You are Studying Languages that Use the Roman Alphabet and Especially If You are a Software Developer,” but that makes a monster of an already long title. So keep in mind [...]

Super Difficult Chinese Characters »

By on Oct 27, 2007 in Writing Systems | 4 Comments

Asian Offbeat has an interesting article about some of the most difficult Chinese characters. These characters were found in a Qing dynasty dictionary. Here are a few of them: Flying Squirrel Exorcism Thunder Wow. That last one has 128 strokes. You can read more about these and others at the original article here (found via [...]