Discoveries in Chinese Or the Symbolism of the Primitive Characters of the Chinese System of Writing ...

acter addition allusion ancient form appears bamboo birds blem branches called Callery Chá char China Chinese characters Chinese language Chinese scholars Chinese system Chinese written Chinese written language clef Combined composed composition compound characters cord cover cutting instrument denote duction elementary characters emblem of grain emblem of wood emblematic exhibited foliage fowl fruit ginally girdling guage hand heart hence homophonous idea ideographic illustration inclosure indicate invented investigation limbs lower means ment method modern form modification mouth nature object observed obvious ornamental péi perhaps phonetic principle phonetic theory picture preceding prick primitive probably radical relation rendered repre represent S. P. ANDREWS senses signifies small figures sound spoken language spoken words STEPHEN PEARL ANDREWS stroke supposition Syle symbolic system of writing ters thing thorns tion tongue tree character tree-sign upper vegetable stalks verb whole number wood-pile written language Yale College YUNG WING