A comprehensive overview of 漢 in East Asian languages

Language Log 2026-01-11

Summary:

Since it indicates the official language and main ethnicity of China, this character is of utmost linguistic and political importance for readers of Language Log. Prompted by Philip Taylor (commenting on this post [first item in the list of "Selected readings" below]), this ample response from ChatGPT would seem to cover all the bases for […]

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

01/11/2026, 16:18

Date published:

01/11/2026, 12:37