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The Chinese periodic table goes hard - YouTube

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ElitPonkots explores how Chinese characters for chemical elements are constructed using semantic radicals for physical properties and phonetic components based on international names. This system, influenced by the ancient six writings categorization, provides unique, often rarely used characters for each element. Follow along using the transcript. ElitPonkots explores how Chinese characters for chemical elements are constructed using semantic radicals for physical properties and phonetic components based on international names. This system, influenced by the ancient six writings categorization, provides unique, often rarely used characters for each element. Follow along using the transcript.

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