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SUPER PINYIN 001 - Zhi

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First in a long long series of symbols I have invented.

This is Super Pinyin or Chao1yin1 超音

It combines modern pinyin with traditional Chinese characters to create a very efficient set of 1-3 stroke characters for taking notes or dictation. Its quicker than writing pinyin and less confusing for English speakers who have never used zh and x in such a manner as the Chinese saw fit to employ them. Its also easier to read as some of the alphabet letters tend to look similar when written very quickly. I've done my best here to create a system where all the characters look very distinct when written quickly. All tone marks are basically the same but exaggerated a bit.

Unlike the Taiwanese phonetic characters which depend on combining consonants and vowels, this system assigns one symbol per possible syllable thus eliminating a lot of extra strokes. By employing common radicals into the system it also helps non-native speakers gain a better natural sense when reading characters out loud.

Using wikipedia's pinyin table I am going one by one over each and every symbol for your review and commentary. If you have suggestions, praise or gripes please do not hesitate to contact me as the entire Chaoyin set is still open to improvement.

The scroll backgrounds have been provided by :LeonaWindrider: and can be found here [link]

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This is ZHI. I decided a o and ^ look very close to the simplest form of Zhi I could find 只. I did not use 之 because it looks too much like 2 which stands for er or Z which might stand for something else later, but without and Zh sound. Also, the stroke at the top could be mistaken for a 4th tone mark.
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IrA-SweeT-DeviL's avatar
this one i like the best :P