I guess it depends on your idea of what a Spelling Bee is.
Here is a site http://hokkoku.bunkacenter.or.jp/kanji/kanken.html (Japanese)
for a national Kanji test.

Scott
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathon Blake" <jonathon.blake@...>
To: <qalam@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Sounds, Symbols, and Spellings


> Peter wrote:
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>> which other languages have the institution of the "spelling bee"?
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> At least it isn't a contest to see who can look up a word in a dictionary.
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