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		pavel_lishin on Dec 22, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Which reads faster, Chinese or English? Sure, but you can't call up your friend on the phone and ask him what it means. (Not without having to explicitly describe the glyph, anyway.)

cglee on Dec 22, 2011 [–]

Yes you can. Complex characters are usually made up of many foundation characters, so you could describe it to your friend that way.

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