On Tue, May 20, 2003 at 11:29:31AM -0700, Brion Vibber wrote:
I don't know if we can handle Japanese and Chinese
sensibly, but
FYI, Japanese is complicated to sort.
I believe this is the order:
Kana:
a i u e o
ka/ga ki/gi (kya/gya kyu/gyu kyo/gyo) ku/gu ke/ge ko/go
sa/za shi/ji (sha/ja shu/ju sho/jo) su/zu se/ze so/zo
ta/da chi/X (cha chu cho) tsu/dzu te/de to/do
na ni (nya nyu nyo) ne ne no
ha/ba/pa hi/bi/pi (hya/bya/pya hyu/byu/pyu hyo/byo/pyo) fu/bu/pu \
he/be/pe ho/bo/po
ma mi (mya myu myo) mu me mo
ya yu yo
ra ri (rya ryu ryo) ru re ro
wa (wo [particle, tho])
n
As far as Kanji goes, I believe it is sorted (any of these is OK):
* First by a characters primary radical, then by remaining strokes
* First by total strokes, then by primary radical
* Sound
Good luck! ;)
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Nick Reinking -- eschewing obfuscation since 1981 -- Minneapolis, MN