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Hi all,

I can't find find a particular character, and i hope somebody here can help
me out.

1. The character i'm looking for looks like the one in this link, but the 田-part at the right is to be replaced by 木.
2. The context is a description of a Dutch-Chinese pocket dictionary.
词典共收荷兰语词目8500馀*。
Or rather (since the text is in traditional characters):
詞典共收荷蘭語詞目8500餘*。
The asterisk indicates the place of the missing character.

I tried everything within my possibilities, but so far in vain. You're my last hope (he wrote, not without a sense for drama .

Thanks in advance.

Groetjes,

Frank

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2. The context is a description of a Dutch-Chinese pocket dictionary.
词典共收荷兰语词目8500馀*。
Or rather (since the text is in traditional characters):
詞典共收荷蘭語詞目8500餘*。
The asterisk indicates the place of the missing character.

没事儿, Frank ! It might be a wee bit easier to understand that the dictionary contains more than 8500 entries of Dutch words and phrases if the sentences quoted above are amended as follows :

词典共收荷兰语词目8500馀条。...

詞典共收荷蘭語詞目8500餘條。

The graph «条» («條») is read «tiáo» and here means «item», «entry»....

Geen dank

Henri

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没事儿, FrankThe graph «条» («條») is read «tiáo» and here means «item», «entry»....Geen dank

Toch wel!! Hartelijk bedankt.

On the one hand i'm a bit surprised that the character is simplified, on the other hand i started to wonder why i couldn't find the character in traditional dictionaries. Seems the radical of 條 is not 人, as i thought to be logical and obvious, but 木.
"Rare jongens, die Chinezen", as Obelix would say it...

Frank

Seems the radical of 條 is not 人, as i thought to be logical and obvious, but 木.

I am to surprised to learn that. According to my 『新字源』 the character in question is composed of 木 and the rest to mean a straight long branch protruding from the trunk.

Oh, and the "rest of the character" is an independent character meaning "to stretch".

The so-called «radicals» are a real can of worms ! Morohashi, for example, follows tradition and lists both «条» and «條» under «木» (6-14486 and 6-14859, resp), whereas the 《汉语大词典》 lists «条» under «夂» (3-1199), but «條» under «人» = «亻» (1-1478). It is for reasons like these that most Chinese dictionaries contain a «难检字表», i e, a list of graphs that are difficult to look up. Reasonably enough, «条» is to be found in the list in vol 3 of the 《汉语大词典》. Obelix may have been right....

Henri

肥寶寶 说: 这些 罗马人 真 怪

«肥寶寶» is, at any rate, a (string of) Chinese graphs missing from my dictionaries. Is that our dear Obelix, that ?...

Henri

Should be him, acording to at least one of the translations.

«肥寶寶» is, at any rate, a (string of) Chinese graphs missing from my dictionaries. Is that our dear Obelix, that ?...

Henri

Is that Asterix's good friend?

Yes, that's him. féi bǎo bǎo might be translated as ”fat precious/darling baby”.