Journal of Chinese Writing Systems

We are an academic journal of Chinese writings focusing on script studies, and encompassing related studies in history, language and culture.

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🎄 Warm wishes from Journal of Chinese Writing Systems.
Thank you for being part of our scholarly community.
Merry Christmas and best wishes for the New Year! ✨

#ChristmasEve #MerryChristmas

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🎉 Journal of Chinese Writing Systems (JCWS) has been accepted into the Web of Science Core Collection’s ESCI!
All articles from 2023 onward will be indexed, and JCWS is expected to receive its first Impact Factor in 2026.
A significant milestone for the journal!🌍✨
#ESCI #JCWS

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For more details, please read the poster and visit: https://t.co/VtrfN4QBhs

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【Call for Papers】
JCWS Special Issue on the Protection and Revitalization of Endangered Scripts in China
For more details, please read the poster and visit: https://t.co/VtrfN4QBhs

#callforpapers #AcademicTwitter #scripts #Naxi #research #articles

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【New Issue】 2025 March issue released online!

Welcome to check out these innovative #articles and interesting #reseaches.

The JCWS’s March issue is now available at
https://t.co/F9jytbZwkx

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【New Issue】 December issue 'Special issue: #Naxi manuscript culture' released online!

Welcome to check out these innovative #articles and interesting #reseaches.

The JCWS’s December issue is now available at
https://t.co/F9jytbZwkx

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平安夜的烛光温暖人心
愿圣诞的每一刻都充满幸福与美好
新的一年，愿你平安健康，心想事成！✨🎅

May the glow of Christmas candles bring warmth to your heart.🌟
Wishing you moments of joy and peace this holiday season and a prosperous new year ahead! 🔔
Warmest wishes from JCWS🎄❤

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The 10th Annual Conference of World Association of Chinese Characters Studies was held at East China Normal University in Shanghai, China, from October 17th to October 21st. 👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉

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Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Hope the round moon will bring our best wishes to you.
中秋佳節，闔家團圓!🥮🐰

舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。
Looking up, I find the moon bright;
Bowing, in homesickness I’m drowned.
——李白《靜夜思》

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【New Issue】June issue released online!

Welcome to check out these innovative #articles and interesting #reseaches.

The JCWS’s June issue is now available at https://t.co/PRxOJ8InRZ

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'Recent developments in the researchand digitalization of Jurchen script and literature' by Xiaofang Ma

Keywords:
#Digitalization, #Jurchenscript, #Jurchenstudy

Read more here:
https://t.co/oz2jccdQxd

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#TheDragonBoatFestival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month on the lunar calendar - Jun 10 this year. It is a 2,000-year-old tradition celebrated nationwide in various forms to commemorate the ancient poet Qu Yuan, who committed suicide out of love for his country.

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'Recent developments in the research and digitalization of Jurchen script and literature' by Xiaofang Ma

Keywords:
#Digitalization, #Jurchenscript, #Jurchenstudy

Read more here:
https://t.co/oz2jccdQxd

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'iClassifier: A digital research tool for corpus-based classifier networks in complex writing systems' by Haleli Harel, Orly Goldwasser and Dmitry Nikolaev

Keywords:
#Classifierstudies, #digitalhumanities, #lexicalsemantics, #networkanalysis

Read more:
https://t.co/Kzp8NzG4Nh

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'Classification in Sumerian cuneiform and the implementation of iClassifier' by Gebhard J Selz and Bo Zhang

Keywords:
#Determinatives/#classifiers, #knowledgemapping, #nominalapposition, #semasiography, #semanticclassifiers

Read more here：
https://t.co/Oco3vzl8K3

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'Semantic classifiers (determinatives) and categorization in the ancient Egyptian writing system: Rules, list of classifiers, and studies by iClassifier on the Story of Sinuhe' by Orly Goldwasser and Susana Soler

Keywords:
#Graphemicclassifiers, #ancientEgyptian, #Sinuhe

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'Semantic classifiers (determinatives) and categorization in the ancient Egyptian writing system: Rules, list of classifiers, and studies by iClassifier on the Story of Sinuhe' by Orly Goldwasser and Susana Soler

Keywords:
#Graphemicclassifiers, #ancientEgyptian, #Sinuhe

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#24Solarterms: Start of Summer (立夏)
#StartofSummer begins on May 5 and ends on May 19 this year.
Start of Summer signals the transition of seasons. On this day, the sun's rays reach an angle of 45 degrees to the earth. The temperature will rise quickly during this period.

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'Semantic classifiers in Guodian bamboo manuscripts: Reconstructing categories in the ancient Chinese mind' by Yanru Xu

Keywords:
#Guodianbamboomanuscripts, #semanticclassifiers, #categories, #networkmaps

Read more here:
https://t.co/3bHbmjd5yS

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'Introduction: Graphemic classifiers in complex script systems' by Orly Goldwasser and Zev Handel

Keywords:
#AncientChinese, #ancientEgyptian, #cognitivelinguistics, #graphemicclassifiers,#Sumerian

Read more here:
https://t.co/Dw1YGmfYcf