# Finding Chinese Characters on the Internet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-chinese-characters-on-the-internet/117201>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 3, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-chinese-characters-on-the-internet/117201 "2002-07-03T15:28:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Yochanan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/87869e/32.png) [@Yochanan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yochanan)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-chinese-characters-on-the-internet/117201/1 "2002-07-03T15:28:45Z")

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I was given a plaque with a quote by Henry Ford on it. Also, it has a Chinese character that has some meaning succinct to the quote. But, I cannot read Chinese and haven’t been able to figure out how to find out what the symbol means. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-chinese-characters-on-the-internet/117201/2 "2002-07-03T16:08:55Z")

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Here a chinese character:  
[http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/memories/show\_mem.php?ID=SA1090&page=6](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/memories/show_mem.php?ID=SA1090&page=6)

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**Author:** ![milo\_minderbinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@milo\_minderbinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/milo_minderbinder)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-chinese-characters-on-the-internet/117201/3 "2002-07-03T20:32:36Z")

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try [here](http://zhongwen.com/).

milo

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**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\
**Post date:** [July 3, 2002, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-chinese-characters-on-the-internet/117201/4 "2002-07-03T21:11:13Z")

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Show it to someone who knows Chinese. If you can post it on line you can find someone easily. Even if you can find the individual signs in a dictionary you will not be able to figure out the meaning.