TNAG-2591-FCO40-3779-Appointment-of-Chris-Patten-as-new-Governor-of-Hong-Kong--Ap-1992 — Page 47

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"bright" or "rilliant".

tai. happens when an existing character is used to express something new which may or me; Lot have any relationship with the old

aning of the character. A "borrowed" character would sometimes preserve either the meaning or sound of the original character.

PRANSFERIOD - these come last in the sequence because

they are most recent. They occur when an

existing character is used for a new word with

3 slight change in the strokes, such as

wrich means "examination" but has been adapted to a new meaning and become a

transferred word for "old", but the form has

been changes) to .

Like the name given to a person, a transferred character does not bear any relationship to the meaning of the original character.

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