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0 pointswhstl6mo ago0 comments

A native Chinese high school graduate is generally expected to know around 3500 characters. A middle school student, 2500-3000.

For Kanji the numbers are around 2136 and 1200 and respectively.

If you know the language, then you don't need this.

But if you're claiming that you can type a random Hanzi or Kanji character you see in an interface without speaking the language, you are either missing something here or not arguing in good faith.

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homebrewer6mo ago

It's solvable through the handwriting input, although you do need to know the approximate order and direction of strokes or you will get nowhere. I know roughly zero Chinese characters and use this often-ish.

klausa6mo ago

Most importantly, you also need to find and enable the handwriting IME on your OS; which is... not a reasonable thing to ask of someone who doesn't actually type that language on a daily basis.

whstlOP6mo ago

…or just don’t break the web with accessibility/usability breaking CSS in the first place.

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