Re: Chinese charts, transcriptions (olim Origins of Cree and Tamil)

--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, Gianni Vacca <xiongyaliren@...> wrote:

> --- qalam@yahoogroups.com µÄÕýÎÄ£º

I suppose CJK

> > > have these charts also but where was it used
> > first?
> >
> > Do you mean Chinese characters? No, how could they
> > have such a chart? It is
> > a logographic script, so there are multiple
> > characters for each syllable.
>
> Before Bopomofo or Pinyin were devised, the Chinese
> had big matrix-like charts with initials and finals
> that one would use to learn the pronunciation of an
> unknown character. Maybe this is what the original
> post referred to.

How old would these charts be?

Suzanne