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How are files kept?

Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:39 pm
by dotsontwo
Something I've been wondering about for a long time, and thought this might be a place I could find an answer...in languages that don't use an alphabet, how does one organize files (since you can't put them in alphabetical order)?

Pam Dotson

Re: How are files kept?

Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 6:51 pm
by Thomas
dotsontwo wrote:Something I've been wondering about for a long time, and thought this might be a place I could find an answer...in languages that don't use an alphabet, how does one organize files (since you can't put them in alphabetical order)?

Pam Dotson
Languages such as Chinese use character sets. These sets are standardised and ordered.

Thomas

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 9:03 am
by timven1992
Library~> types of files/books (science/Economic...)
or
By the number of the first character's strokes
Like
<<三字經>> 3 strokes!
<<萬歷十五年>>13 strokes!

Re: How are files kept?

Posted: Sun Oct 29, 2006 6:17 pm
by Alex_rcpilot
dotsontwo wrote:Something I've been wondering about for a long time, and thought this might be a place I could find an answer...in languages that don't use an alphabet, how does one organize files (since you can't put them in alphabetical order)?

Pam Dotson
As many ways as how you can look up a Chinese character in a dictionary.