From lojban-out@lojban.org Mon Oct 17 08:43:35 2005 Return-Path: X-Sender: lojban-out@lojban.org X-Apparently-To: lojban@yahoogroups.com Received: (qmail 82801 invoked from network); 17 Oct 2005 15:43:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.172) by m26.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 17 Oct 2005 15:43:34 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO chain.digitalkingdom.org) (64.81.49.134) by mta4.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 17 Oct 2005 15:43:34 -0000 Received: from lojban-out by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1ERX98-0001s6-Vm for lojban@yahoogroups.com; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:43:31 -0700 Received: from chain.digitalkingdom.org ([64.81.49.134]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1ERX7q-0001r3-Mg; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:42:16 -0700 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-list); Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:42:02 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.52) id 1ERX7Y-0001qp-UW for lojban-list-real@lojban.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:41:53 -0700 Received: from web81304.mail.yahoo.com ([206.190.37.79]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with smtp (Exim 4.52) id 1ERX7X-0001qe-35 for lojban-list@lojban.org; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:41:52 -0700 Received: (qmail 13176 invoked by uid 60001); 17 Oct 2005 15:41:49 -0000 Message-ID: <20051017154149.13174.qmail@web81304.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.88.34.50] by web81304.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:41:49 PDT Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 08:41:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <9d.6a9500b6.30850037@wmconnect.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -1.3 (-) X-archive-position: 10730 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Errors-to: lojban-list-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net X-list: lojban-list X-Spam-Score: -2.2 (--) To: lojban@yahoogroups.com X-Originating-IP: 64.81.49.134 X-eGroups-Msg-Info: 1:12:0:0 X-eGroups-From: John E Clifford From: John E Clifford Reply-To: clifford-j@sbcglobal.net Subject: [lojban] Re: chinese chop X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=116389790; y=p00KnUlmrYKm6y9BekBwGNbvnvZ2aKrLIkvtzP7ZBDILZY7Vzw X-Yahoo-Profile: lojban_out X-Yahoo-Message-Num: 25117 Thanks. The look-up I was using missed that one, which gives li4 the sort of meaning wanted, "profit." No jokes and no errors for Dr. Lee. --- MorphemeAddict@wmconnect.com wrote: > In a message dated 10/17/2005 4:21:53 AM > Central Standard Time, > ecartis@digitalkingdom.org writes: > > > > Years ago, my Chinese Culture > > professor (Lee Shao Chang, as we wrote it > then), > > gave me a name: > > chi li fu (now, I suppose qi li fu) which he > > wrote with (Unicode/GB/Big5 -- I can't get > any of > > these to print right consistently) qi2 "pray" > > (7948/C6ED/ACE8) fu2 "good fortune" > > (798F/B8A2/BAD6) but for li he used something > > that looks like the phonetic of li4 > > "sharp"(4FD0/C0FE/AB57), that is, without the > > "man" radical. The meaning he gave it was > that > > for li3 "bountiful"(8C4A/-/E054). So after > all > > these years I have to ask (before I get my > seal > > cut) whether Dr. Lee was having a joke on me > or > > whether his character is a legitimate way of > > writing li3 "bountiful" or whether he just > > goofed. > > (I don't expect you to figure out the first > part, > > so the second and third are the important > ones). > > > > Unicode 4FD0 without the "person" radical is > Unicode 5229. > > stevo > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to lojban-list-request@lojban.org with the subject unsubscribe, or go to http://www.lojban.org/lsg2/, or if you're really stuck, send mail to secretary@lojban.org for help.