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September 2013

音: sound; noise

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

音 yīn

noun | radical 180
: tone; sound; noise; pitch

Kun Reading

音 | ね ne

noun| noun suffix
: sound; noise; report
: note (music)

音 | おと oto

noun| noun suffix
: sound; noise; report
: note (music)
: fame

音いろ | ねいろ neiro

noun| no-adjective
: tone color; tone quality; timbre
: synthesizer patch

On Reading

音 | おん on

noun| noun suffix
: sound; noise; report;
: note (music);
: Chinese-derived character reading

いん in

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Free Chalkboard Fonts

By Typography-Font

Chalkboard-style fonts these days are anything but boring. They are a fun way to show off your latest designs and are really taking the Pinterest world by storm. The fonts add authenticity to the hand-written style for back-to-school/educational designs or anything for that matter!

Here are some FREE Chalkboard fonts to kickstart your design doldrums and the new year back in school.

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15 Inspiring Design Quotes

By colors, Design, Food for thought

Stuck in a design rut? Here are “three handfuls” of inspiring wisdom from some of the world’s greatest thinkers, innovators and designers.

The infographic includes quotations from Von R. Glitschka, David Ogilvy, Marissa Mayer, Oliver Reichenstein, Paul Rand, Milton Glaser, Albert Einstein, Alex King, Frank Lloyd Wright, Andy Warhol, Tanner Christensen,  Joe Sparano, Douglas Adams and Ellen Lupton.

My favorite quote gives more credit to the common folks like you and I. “A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” – Douglas Adams

15 Inspiring Design Quotes
Infographic of 15 Inspiring Design Quotes by Glow New Media

會: to know/group | accountancy

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

會 [会] huì

noun | adjective | adverb | auxiliary verb
: corpse

會 [会] kuài

noun
: to calculate/balance an account; accounting

Kun Reading

会 | あわす awasu

Godan verb with su ending | transitive verb
: to meet / expose

あう au

Godan verb with u ending | transitive verb
: to meet

會 | あい ai OR かい kai

used as part of names

On Reading

かい kai

noun
: meeting; assembly

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曾: once | great-grand~ (family)

By Chinese Word, Japanese Word, Language-Learning

 

曾 ceng2

adverb
: already; once; previously

曾 zeng1

noun
: relationship between great grandparents & great grandchildren (paternal)

Kun Reading

曾て | かつて katte

adverb
: (Usually written using kana alone) once; before; formerly; ever; former; ex-;
: (Usually written using kana alone) never yet (with -ve verb); never before; first time; still not happened

On Reading

そう sou; ぞ zo
曾 | ひ hi OR そう sou OR ひい hii

prefix
: great grand child/parent

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