claudettemonet [OP] 1 points 7y ago
I found this article, because a discussion went here. I had looked up the Chinese braille system a couple weeks ago. My conclusion was that it is a shit system for adapting a pictographic writing system. It is basically borderline useless. This article just further supports this.
This seems crazy, but how difficult would it be to come up with a braille like system that codes for the 214 major elements that make up 99% of Chinese characters? Some elements might be able to be combined as compound elements.. so lets say you essentially needed a system with 100-120 uniquely coded elements that could then be combined to form a character. Could a braille like system based in the pictographic nature of the language be possible??? Lets imagine that with modern technology, such as raised print, we are not limited to a cell of six bumps. What might a pictographic braille system look like?
Main Chinese elements: http://www.yellowbridge.com/chinese/radicals.php