The Japanese language is known to employ three different writing systems in recording the language, with the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, as well as kanji. While there are 46 basic characters for hiragana and katakana, these numbers are greatly dwarfed by the number of kanji currently in frequent use, such as the 2136 kanji taught … Continue reading The kanji that most likely aren’t
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Word Bites — Dord?
In 1934, a curious word entry appeared in the D-section of the second edition of the New International Dictionary, published by G. and C. Merriam Company, what is now part of Merriam-Webster. The word was defined as a synonym for density, used in the contexts of physics and chemistry. However, this word was completely removed … Continue reading Word Bites — Dord?
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