character amnesia

English

Noun

character amnesia (uncountable)

1. A phenomenon whereby experienced speakers of some East Asian languages forget how to write Chinese characters previously well known to them.

Translations

phenomenon

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 提筆忘字 / 提笔忘字 (zh) (tíbǐwàngzì)

• Finnish: kirjoitusmerkkien unohtaminen
• French: amnésie des caractères f
• Hindi: वर्ण स्मृतिलोप m (varṇ smŕtilop)
• Italian: amnesia dei caratteri f
• Portuguese: amnésia de caractéres f