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diff --git a/src/writing.md b/src/writing.md index eb432df..bcf6061 100644 --- a/src/writing.md +++ b/src/writing.md @@ -1 +1,28 @@ # Writing + +DjanZi writing system is logographic. Simple words are purely pictograms, but +more complex or abstract words are expressed with ideograms and phonograms, +based on the pictograms, similar to how it's done in Chinese. + +## Pictograms + +Pictograms are characters representing an object or idea by how it's +visualized. + +## Ideograms + +Ideograms are characters composing two or three pictograms to suggest a +concept, usually hard to visualize. Each pictogram is called a radical. + +The radicals are placed horizontally in ideograms with ratio 1:1, 1:2, or +1:1:2. + +## Phonograms + +Phonograms are characters based on its synonyms. All phonograms are indicated +with the character (mouth) on the left, with ratio 1:2. + +Some phonograms also consists of semantic component. This semantic component +occupy the top of the right part of the character (if this semantic component +has one radical) or the bottom of the character (if this semantic component has +two or more radicals) |