Really weird sinographs, part 4
Language Log 2018-12-09
Summary:
A video introducing 70 obscure Chinese characters (shēngpì zì 生僻字): The person singing the song seems to be inordinately proud of these strange, difficult characters. He says things like "each stroke is a story" and invokes "5,000 years of history", neither of which is accurate. He exclaims, "let the whole world recognize them" and exalts, […]