1.0Mandarin Expression of the Weekhttps://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotwtiandihttps://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/author/tiandi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="5se01PF2u9"><a href="https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2020/11/23/hanzi/">Hànzì</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/2020/11/23/hanzi/embed/#?secret=5se01PF2u9" width="600" height="338" title="“Hànzì” — Mandarin Expression of the Week" data-secret="5se01PF2u9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> is what Chinese characters are called in Mandarin. Actually, literally means “Han characters”, but as discussed in the MEotW post on , the Han are by far the largest ethnic group in China, and they are the dominant cultural force in China. Thus, Han characters are, in effect, Chinese characters. Han culture has affected not […]https://troubadourworks.com/tiandi/meotw/img/Hanzi.svg-2048px-white_bg.png