Friends, if you come across this article, consider it a win for today. Let me just say, from now on, when you see the term “志气玱玱”, please do not mistakenly pronounce it as “志气cāng cāng”. That would be like mistaking top-grade Dan Cong tea for overnight lukewarm water, instantly shattering all the elegance and ambiance. … Read more
Beginners often encounter various encoding issues when printing Chinese characters. Here is a summary to help address these problems in the future.1. Issues with running the code import xlrd x1 = xlrd.open_workbook("E:\测试\内部开关整理.xlsx") print x1.sheet_names() The code above is simple, but it does not respond when clicked to run.Solution: Add the following line to the code: … Read more
Click the “blue text” to follow us 1 The Mysterious Encounter with the Character “粢” Hello, fellow character enthusiasts! Today, I want to share a particularly “unique” Chinese character—”粢”. At first glance, you might think, “Isn’t this just the character ‘次’ with ‘米’ added? It should be pronounced ‘cí’!” Sorry, but it is not pronounced … Read more
Not recognizing the true face of Mount Lu is simply because you haven’t paid attention. ▼ Click the business card below As the ancients said: “Reading ten thousand books is like having divine inspiration when writing.” Another ancient saying goes: “Only when the book is needed do we regret having too few.” These two sayings … Read more
Dear readers, today we are going to discuss a character that probably 90% of you have never used, and many might even be confused about its pronunciation! Just a few days ago, during a lecture on Chinese characters, I randomly surveyed 20 audience members, and 19 of them mispronounced it, either reading it as “cì” … Read more
Hello, fellow language enthusiasts! Today, I want to discuss a character that I bet many people have mispronounced! Every time I mention the term “思忖” at a gathering with friends, someone inevitably blurts out “思cùn”, and I can’t help but raise my hand and shake my head: “Wrong, this ‘忖’ is not pronounced cùn!” People … Read more
Background of the Issue When sending form data using HTTP POST, if the data is sent as a string connected by <span>&</span> (i.e., in <span>application/x-www-form-urlencoded</span> format), there often occurs a garbled text issue when the data contains Chinese characters. This is because Chinese characters are non-ASCII characters and need to be properly encoded to be … Read more
Abstract: LCDs are common devices in embedded systems. How to display Chinese characters and English on an LCD? What are the differences between vector fonts and bitmap fonts? Why are there multiple encodings for the same character? What do GB2312 and GB18030 refer to? Are they related? How do embedded devices support multiple languages? Where … Read more
Hello, fellow language enthusiasts! I am Uncle Zi! A couple of days ago, I overheard two university students discussing classical poetry on the subway. One of them confidently stated, “The pronunciation of ‘孱弱’ is cànruò.” I almost couldn’t hold back my laughter and wanted to correct them, but then I thought—this is perfect material for … Read more
When I was young, I was particularly curious about how LCDs display the content you want. I remember researching it for a while, but at that time, resources were limited. It wasn’t until college that I learned a bit about dot matrices, ASCII codes, etc. LCD screens are common display devices in embedded systems. So … Read more