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Category: Asia

How to Type in Chinese on a QWERTY Keyboard

One of modern civilization’s most commonly used tools sits just beneath our fingertips, as our keyboards provide us with an arsenal of approximately 80 numbers, letters, and commands, all ready to do our bidding. For those of us who utilize the Roman alphabet (approximately 70% of all major languages), we press these keys in various combinations and assemble the [...]

2023-03-21T11:42:55-04:00March 1st, 2023|Asia, Chinese, Education, Mandarin, Technology|

Hangul, An Alphabet Unlike Any Other

Hangul is unique among alphabets in multiple ways, including the fact that it has its own day of celebration. On October 9th, South Korea commemorates the approximate day in 1446 when King Sejong published the newly developed set of characters for his people. Unlike most alphabets which developed slowly over time, Hangul was deliberately invented to respond to the illiteracy [...]

2022-05-10T18:25:23-04:00April 19th, 2022|Asia, History, Korea, Languages|
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