I have been looking at translations of some ancient Chinese texts & I see these two characters keep reoccurring in the originals. Does anyone know what they represent please?
I'm not sure how Chinese is translated at all. There isn't a literal translation of what I'm seeing, but a commentary outlining an interpretation of the meaning.
I can see how it is easy to find a Chinese character for any given word written in Latin script, but how on earth can you do it the other way round without an alphabet of some kind ?
Thank you Chris; elsewhere I read that to write the word MAN takes us 10 strokes (try it) but in Chinese - & it's the only word I know- it is an inverted V with a horizontal stroke just below the apex ... 3 strokes !