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Ancient Web: Zhongwen.com Turned 4,000 Chinese Characters into Genealogy Trees

Rick Harbaugh's Zhongwen.com combines Chinese-name transliteration with a much deeper project: computer-generated character genealogies connecting more than 4,000 Chinese characters through shared components and traditional etymologies.

Ancient Web: StarLing DB Built a CGI Laboratory for Comparing Languages

StarLing's database server preserves searchable etymological, typological and lexicostatistical datasets through a dense CGI interface built for comparative and historical linguistics.