Category talk:Writing systems using Chinese characters
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This page should be added to the category "Writing systems without word boundaries"
edit@Remsense recently reverted my edit adding this page to Category:Writing systems without word boundaries because "japanese sometimes uses spaces to delineate words". While this is technically true, using spaces between words in Japanese is not and has never been the standard. It has always been the exception. Usually when spaces are used, it is in material for little children who can't read much Kanji, and thus Kanji are seldomly used, or it is in Japanese Braille, which only encodes Kana (because encoding thousands of Kanji using Braille is impossible). So the times that Japanese does use spaces are when Kanji (Chinese characters) are seldomly used or not used at all. When Japanese is written properly with Chinese characters, spaces are almost never used. An interpunct is sometimes used, but only in loan words (which are typically written in Katakana and not Kanji). Korean Jesus111 (talk) 07:59, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- It's standard for names on Japanese Wikipedia, for example. I do not know much, but I feel this counts enough not to add the entire category to the other category, of which the two are well-linked enough already. Remsense留 08:07, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "It's standard for names on Japanese Wikipedia"? Do you mean how in the info box and in the 1st sentence of articles, a space is used to separate the first and last names? Unlike Chinese people who 99% of the time have 1-character last names, Japanese people can have 2 or 3-character last names, so a space is used when introducing a new name to show which characters are the first name and which are the last name. If you look past the info box and the 1st sentence, you will see that the names are not written with spaces. Korean Jesus111 (talk) 08:24, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Right, that's the use of spacing to delineate words. Remsense留 08:27, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Obviously, but by that logic, Chinese also shouldn't be in Category:Writing systems without word boundaries because Chinese, much like Japanese, uses sometimes uses the interpunct to delineate words. Using word boundaries is the exception, not the rule. Korean Jesus111 (talk) 08:36, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Perhaps. I'm not overly convinced of my own point, so feel free to readd it. Thanks for talking it out with me. Remsense留 08:38, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Obviously, but by that logic, Chinese also shouldn't be in Category:Writing systems without word boundaries because Chinese, much like Japanese, uses sometimes uses the interpunct to delineate words. Using word boundaries is the exception, not the rule. Korean Jesus111 (talk) 08:36, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- Right, that's the use of spacing to delineate words. Remsense留 08:27, 16 December 2023 (UTC)
- What do you mean by "It's standard for names on Japanese Wikipedia"? Do you mean how in the info box and in the 1st sentence of articles, a space is used to separate the first and last names? Unlike Chinese people who 99% of the time have 1-character last names, Japanese people can have 2 or 3-character last names, so a space is used when introducing a new name to show which characters are the first name and which are the last name. If you look past the info box and the 1st sentence, you will see that the names are not written with spaces. Korean Jesus111 (talk) 08:24, 16 December 2023 (UTC)