Re: Digest Number 445

On Jun 7, 2004, at 1:48 AM, Stage Linguistique wrote:

> Yes, but even taking your and Marco's remarks into
> account, the system Marco envisioned would only cover
> about 90% of Hànzì without complex input. Using Pinyin
> input covers 100% of Hànzì without complex manipulations.
>

Well, no, that's not true, either, because there are hanzi out there
without any known pronunciation, and certainly many without any known
*Mandarin* pronunciation.

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