This course is designed to walk students through the evolution, development and transformation Chinese characters has taken on or will be taking on since archaic time. Students will acquire knowledge on the essential features of the Chinese characters, principles underlying their construction, the transformation in forms, the process of evolution, the study of Shuo wen jie zi and issues on its modernization.
Programme: CHIN(HSS)
This course is designed to walk students through the evolution, development and transformation Chinese characters has taken on or will be taking on since archaic time. Students will acquire knowledge on the essential features of the Chinese characters, principles underlying their construction, the transformation in forms, the process of evolution, the study of Shuo wen jie zi and issues on its modernization.