More evidence that the “V” shape means “female”— this time in Linear B (circa 1,450 BC)

  More evidence that the “V” shape means “female”— this time in Linear B (circa 1,450 BC)

Prototype for a Substructure-Searchable Database of Hanzi

  Prototype for a Substructural Database of Hanzi by Jennifer Ball

How can these signs be arbitrary if they fit together so well?

  Male to Female Animals in Sumerian Cuneiform

The Chinese word for "heart" 心 comes from a penis not a heart

  ChineseEtymology.org "Heart" 心 Looks Like Penis

Thank you Steven Pinker

Post by Jennifer Ball.

Maggie Li's Speech: When Socrates Meets Confucius

Maggie Li, whose real name is pronounced "Lee Chee" (Li Qi is the pinyin) is a friend and student of mine who came in second, along with 41 other students, in a nationwide speech contest. She had to deliver this speech while spending a week in Beijing. She came in first in the Suzhou, and also in the Jiangsu province speech contest, as well as making the first cut in Beijing.

李琪的说话

We all emerge as an egg — English and Zhongwen

  We All Emerge From an Egg Stored in a Secret Place - in English and Zhongwen

by Jennifer Ball

Translated by Ellen Wang 王思雯