Abstract
Some statistical properties of a network of two-Chinese-character compound words in the Japanese language are reported. In this network, a node represents a Chinese character and an edge represents a two-Chinese-character compound word. It is found that this network has properties of being "small-world" and "scale-free". A network formed by only Chinese characters for common use (joyo-kanji in Japanese), which is regarded as a subclass of the original network, also has the small-world property. However, a degree distribution of the network exhibits no clear power law. In order to reproduce the disappearance of the power-law property, a model for a selecting process of the Chinese characters for common use is proposed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2555-2560 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications |
| Volume | 388 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 Jun 15 |
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Keywords
- Chinese character
- Complex network
- Japanese language
- Scale free
- Small world
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Statistics and Probability
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A network of two-Chinese-character compound words in the Japanese language. / Yamamoto, Ken; Yamazaki, Yoshihiro.
In: Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Vol. 388, No. 12, 15.06.2009, p. 2555-2560.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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