Re: Question: Radicals of 共　in edict

Ben Bullock wrote:
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> "Travers Naran" <tnaran@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Bart Mathias wrote:
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>>> Travers Naran wrote:
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>>>> Yup, the wikipedia article said as much.
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>>>
>>> Just for that I went back just now and took a second look. "As much,"
>>> maybe, but it lacked the sneering tone. And included a bizarre
>>> mistranslation of 部首!
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>> You are allowed to edit the page, you know. ;-)
>
>
> Not only allowed but encouraged. A lot of people who write Wikipedia
> articles just write "any old rubbish" and hope that someone else will
> sort the mess out for them. In fact the system does work quite well -
> usually someone else comes along and fixes up the bits of the article
> which need fixing. Anyway one thing I've realised is that there is no
> sense complaining about the contents, since one is free to alter them.
> The Wikipedia people actually encourage you to edit their articles if
> you think there is something wrong. Also, other people can "watch" the
> articles and check for bogus edits, so you don't have to worry too much
> about fouling things up. Some people even have so-called "newsreader"
> feeds feeding them all the latest edits of the page.
>
>> But "category neck"
>> sounds even weirder.
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>
>>>> I'm trying to get used to saying 部首 instead. ^_^
>>>
>>>
>>> What can you do? "Section Head" sounds too much like 課長.
>>> ("Classifier" was pretty common when I went to school, though.)
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>>
>> Category component?
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>
> I think short names are better. How about calling them "kanji rads"?

I prefer "squiggles".

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Curt Fischer
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