Re: Ideographs (was: Re: Hangul script type)

William Bright wrote:

> what's wrong with "hanzi"? that's what the chinese call them, and they
> invented them.

That it upsets Japanese, Koreans and non-Mandaring Chinese: "Why call 'em
hanzi rather than kanji, hanja, hanji...?".

That's what Doug meant when he said that each term:

>has some degree of historical or contemporary inaccuracy, or cultural
>insensitivity, associated with it.

BTW, Doug's list lacks the plain "Chinese characters", which is my current
personal preference, although it has the same Chinese bias as "hanzi".

_ Marco