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Chinese characters "Chinese character" written in traditional (left) and simplified (right) forms Script type Logographic Time period c. 13th century BCE – present Direction Left-to-right Top-to-bottom, columns right-to-left Languages Chinese Japanese Korean Vietnamese Zhuang (among others) Related scripts Parent systems (Proto-writing) Chinese characters Child systems Bopomofo Jurchen ...
Chữ Nho was first mentioned in Phạm Đình Hổ's essay, Vũ trung tùy bút (雨中隨筆 lit. ' Essays in the Rain ') where it initially described a calligraphic style of writing Chinese characters. [2] Over time, however, the term evolved and broadened in scope, eventually coming to refer to the Chinese script in general.
This is a timeline of geopolitical changes around the world between 1500 and 1899. It includes dates of declarations of independence, changes in country name, changes of capital city or name, and changes in territorial ownership such as the annexation, occupation, cession, concession, or secession of land.
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
a đàn T'rưng of the Bahnar people The bamboo xylophone being played. The t'rung (đàn T'rưng) is a traditional bamboo xylophone used by the Jarai people and Bahnar people in Vietnam's Central Highlands. [1]
1,500 metres is also an event in swimming, speed skating, and wheelchair racing. The world records for the distance in swimming for men are 14:31.02 (swum in a 50-metre pool) by Sun Yang , 14:08.06 (swum in a 25-metre pool) by Gregorio Paltrinieri ; and by women 15:20.48 (swum in a 50-metre pool) [ 65 ] by Katie Ledecky , and 15:19.71 (swum in ...
Hayden Christensen (born April 19, 1981) [1] is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader in the Star Wars media franchise. He first appeared in the prequel trilogy films, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones (2002) and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (2005), and later reprised his role in the Disney+ series Obi-Wan Kenobi ...
Paul Colm Michael Mescal [3] was born on 2 February 1996 in Maynooth, County Kildare, to Dearbhla, a Garda, and Paul, a schoolteacher who also acted semi-professionally. [4] [5] The eldest of three children, he has a brother and a sister.