Chinese characters are a type of pictographs that have some characteristics of QR codes. In fact, there is indeed a word retrieval method called four-corner number, which quickly maps Chinese character graphics to four numbers through some simple formulas, which is especially suitable for one-way encoding and retrieval. For example, the four-corner number of "龍" is coded as 0121, and the code of "兲" is 1080 (please refer to https://github.com/chai2010/im4corner).
In addition, Chinese characters are actually more important as hieroglyphic shapes. For example, we have a "凹语言" (Wa-lang https://github.com/wa-lang/wa/ ) designed for WebAssembly (WASM for short, WebAssembly => WASM => Wa), in which the Chinese characters "凹" and WASM The logo is very similar, and there was even a pronunciation of "wa" in the past.
After the popularization of computers, the function input method has been greatly improved, but there is still a lot of input resistance. For example, in programming, frequent switching between Chinese character names and English keywords brings a loss of input efficiency. As a programmer, I hope Chinese users can continue to pay attention to and improve these in the future.
Cool project . I am also designing a Wa language for Wasm (https://github.com/wa-lang/wa), we are currently improving support for the WebGPU library and LSP extension.