On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 01:35:40AM +0900, - Edwin - wrote: : : On 2003.11.7, at 18:37 Asia/Tokyo, Marek Kilimajer wrote: : : ...[snip]... : : >Are Kanji and Kana chracter sets? : : "Kan" -> Chinese + "ji" -> character : : kana: (quoted from the American Heritage Dictionary) : "1. Japanese syllabic writing. The characters are simplified kanji
Actually, kana are not "simplified kanji" because it is not the case that kana can replace kanji while preserving the exact same meaning. In fact, most kana by themselves have no meaning. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
