托马斯·S·穆拉尼是斯坦福大学中国历史教授,古根海姆奖学金获得者。他是《中文打字机：一部历史》、《研究始于何处》和《与国家达成共识：现代中国的民族分类》的作者。 返回搜狐，查看更多 ...

Chinese writing is logographic, that is, every symbol either represents a word or a minimal unit of meaning. When I write the character , it not only has a sound, niu, it has a meaning, “cow.” Only a ...