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>>>>> "Dylan" == Dylan Sung <dylanwhs.tsktsktsk@pacific.net.hk> writes:

    Dylan> The following characters found in Big5 are single
    Dylan> characters, I think they are recent inventions too,
    Dylan> indicating various quantities of measure

I  can't see what  you wrote.   Your news  reader doesn't  specify the
charset to  be Big5.  Consider using a  more standards-conformant news
reader than
         X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000
This reader is well known  to be insecure, bugful, virus-prone and not
conformant to Internet and USENET standards.


    Dylan> +Vec- gallon - jia-lun

    Dylan> This character is composed of jia +UqA- and lun +T5Y- where the
    Dylan> former is above the latter.

I've never seen this in Chinese.  Maybe, the Japanese invented it?

Anyway, with the  move to the metric system, this  term is falling out
of use.


    Dylan> +dOk- kilowatt - qian-wa

    Dylan> This character is composed of (1000) qian +AKQ-d and wa +AKUAyw- but
    Dylan> for stylistic reasons, the former character is to the right
    Dylan> of the latter character, and the lower portion of the
    Dylan> latter character is extended below the first character.

Again, never seen it in Chinese text.  Should be a Japanese-only character.


    Dylan> Others are +UVlRW1FeUV1RYVFj- which are various quantities of
    Dylan> grams.

Yeah.  Japanese inventions.


    Dylan> Another is new character is +fM4- millimeter formed with mi +fHM-
    Dylan> (meter) and li +U5g- (milli-)

Seldom seen.  Chinese texts usually use +U5h8cw-.


    Dylan> Where are the syllable boundaries represented when each are
    Dylan> composite characters that fills the space of one character?

These aren't Chinese character, but Japanese ones.  I doubt you'd find
them in any Chinese dictionary.


The only one poly-syllabic character that I can find in Chinese dictionaries
is +-----+
   | +Zvg- |
   +-----+

It  is  meant to  be  pronounced  as  <tu2shu1guan3> +VxZm+Jko-.   It  was
invented during the early 20th century, when some "scholars" wanted to
reform the Chinese script by following the Japanese fashion.  However,
other than  being listed in many Chinese  dictionaries, this character
is not used in Chinese texts.


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Lee Sau Dan                     +Z05biGVm-(Big5)                    ~{@nJX6X~}(HZ) 

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