Chinese Calligraphy: From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/Japanese Characters
by Edoardo Fazzioli
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
An illuminating history of the 214 Chinese symbols or radicals and how they provide a unique way to penetrate a rich, mysterious world and can reflect the history and philosophy of an entire culture.
Written Chinese can call upon some 40,000 characters, many of which originated about 6,000 years ago as little pictures of everyday objects used by the ancients to communicate with each other. This book, which introduces the Westerner to a rich and mysterious world, is based on a classic compilation of the Chinese language done in the 18th century, which determined that all the characters then in use were devised from 214 root pictographs or symbols. Each of these 214 key characters, called radicals is charmingly explored by the author, both for its etymology and for what it reveals about Chinese history and culture. Chinese characters are marvels of graphic design, and this book shows, stroke by stroke, how each radical is written and gives examples of how radicals are combined with other radicals and character elements to form new characters.
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Bookseller
- Janson Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- Bib2020LJ00801
- Title
- Chinese Calligraphy: From Pictograph to Ideogram: The History of 214 Essential Chinese/Japanese Characters
- Author
- Edoardo Fazzioli
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Janson Books
30 day return guarantee, with refund minus original shipping costs for up to 30 days after scheduled delivery date if an item arrives significantly damaged. We use USPS Media Mail to keep our costs as low as possible (All Media Mail includes tracking but no insurance). Please request an additional $5 insurance premium on any shipment that you would like insured against any loss. USPS is highly reliable so insurance is generally not cost effective for low priced books. We use USPS for all of our shipping and offer shipping only within the United States at this time. Shipping to outside of the US can not be provided at this time. For purchases made by non-US customers please specify a US shipping address/contact that could forward the book to you.
About the Seller
Janson Books
Biblio member since 2015
Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania
About Janson Books
Covers a broad range of fiction, biographies, general sciences with some concentration in a variety of biomedical and chemical science titles which reflect the owner's lifetime interests.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...