Matt Schiavenza » Chinese http://mattschiavenza.com A China Journal Sun, 25 Jul 2010 05:20:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Ideogram Fun http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/30/ideogram-fun/ http://mattschiavenza.com/2009/10/30/ideogram-fun/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:04:39 +0000 matt_schiavenza http://mattschiavenza.com/?p=685 Via Sean at NeoChaEDGE, here’s a cool visual representation of the Chinese characters of various food items.

Can you tell what each of these items are?

Can you tell what each of these items are?

Answers after the jump:

From left to right, top to bottom:

羊: sheep
牛: cow, ox
猪: pig
葱: onion
蒜: garlic
é±¼: fish
虾: shrimp
蟹: crab
菜: vegetables
笋: shoots (also part of the word for asparagus: 芦笋)
鸡: chicken
鸭: duck
é¹…: goose
蛋: eggs
竹: bamboo
茄: eggplant
菇: mushroom
瓜: melon
è—•: lotus root
萝: carrot
苹: apple
梨: plum
æ©™: orange
柠: lemon
莓: strawberry
ç±³: wild rice
饭: cooked rice, meal
豆: bean
萄: grape
桃: peach

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