The Wubi Effect
Radiolab
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The Periodic Table of Chinese
Professor Wang took 10,000 characters and began breaking them apart. He made note cards for each component of each character he was dissecting. Professor Wong did this for five years until he had it down to 125 components. How would you type with this periodic table? Well, just like texting on a flip phone.
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