New book Chinese If you look at the origin and transition of the mysterious kanji Chuko Shinsho

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Japanese title: 新書 中国語 謎の漢字 由来と変遷を調べてみれば 中公新書
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Item number: BQ80352
Released date: 25 Apr 2017

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Chinese
Politics, Economy and Society
You can use your PC or smartphone to write mysterious characters such as Tzu, Otoko, Mago, 啌, Dou, 蟶 and 妛. However, how on earth do you read them? What do you use them for? Why are they included in the Japanese Industrial Standards? A field study of the origins of these kanji characters. Also, it is true that Ichikawa Danjuro, the fifth generation in the Edo era, was afraid of the previous generation Ebizo and called himself Kusazo because he was a small shrimp. Furthermore, he searched for scoring standards for kanji characters, such as 「 Tosu or Haneka 」, going back to Kakyo. This is a fun essay about the wonders of kanji.