Acronym IDNs

Latin Script acronyms are common place. Much more interesting are acronyms in non latin scripts. Even more interesting is when non latin script acronyms are used for IDNs. Below, I list acronym IDNs I have found. I list both the full form and the acronym form.

1. Beijing University 北京大学.中国 北大.中国
2. Beijing University 北京大學.中國 北大.中國
3. HongKong University 香港大學.hk 港大.hk
4. Okayama University 岡山大学.jp 岡大.jp

DDN Co. Ltd, Japan, has an acronym as their Company name. They have an IDN which is also an acronym. Their IDN is a transliteration of DDN into Japanese Katakana where ディー is D and N is エヌ.

• DDN Co. Ltd ディーディーエヌ.jp

Languages

　There is a family set of developed Japanese IDNs that are intended for Japanese people who are learning languages. They are all hosted on the same server.

• Arabic ➫ アラビア語.jp
• French ➫ フランス語.jp
• Italian ➫ イタリア語.jp
• Portugese ➫ ポルトガル語.jp
• Russian ➫ ロシア語.jp
• Spanish ➫ スペイン語.jp

Samsung 삼성

 Samsung has a very interesting IDN. It is an acronym for Samsung. http://ㅅㅅ.com/ In the western world, we are familiar with acronyms for companies eg BT for British Telecom. The Korean for Samsung is 삼성. Take the initial letter/jamo from each syllable and one then has the Korean acronym for Samsung, ㅅㅅ.

City Maps

　Below I list some Google City Maps that use the Region Language. If you are using an English setup then it is most likely that links you create will have the host language set to English (hl=en). I modified the links to resolve to region language maps. I changed hl=en to hl=zh-CN, hl=ko, hl=zh-TW and hl=ja, respectively. With hl=en you will get a hybrid of English and the region language.

• Běijīng ta.gd/北京地图
• Pánjǐn ta.gd/盘锦地图
• Seoul ta.gd/서울지도
• Táiběi ta.gd/台北地圖
• Tokyo ta.gd/東京地図

Howl's Moving Castle

　The award winning Japanese animation Howl's Moving Castle ハウルの動く城 is being shown at the Cope Auditorium, Loughborough ラフバラ University School of Art & Design, on Thursday March 11th 2010 at 6.30pm. Free Entry! There is a Wikipedia ウィキペディア article about ハウルの動く城 at ta.gd/ハウルの動く城
　This event is being organised by Loughborough ラフバラ Student Union and is sponsored by Santander Universities.

Korean IDNs

• 시화교회백화점.com
• 대리운전서비스.com
• 아이지키미.com
• 에어로빅복.kr
• 나이트.kr
• 시와시인.kr
• 교육넷.net
• 유명갈비.kr
• 소아청소년.kr
• 우리주차장.com
• 서울통상.kr
• 수용.com
• 임용고시.kr
• 영등포문화원.kr
• 파인뉴스.kr
• 엘빠띠오.com
• 해운대레저.com
• 모텔여정.com
• 호월검도.com
• 거제도펜션.kr
• 거인관.kr
• 탈모클리닉.net
• 승민주말농장.com
• 성창스톤.com
• 고창국화축제.com
• 꽃지.kr
• 체험학습.kr
• 지식거래.com
• 교동마을.com
• 경희궁부페.kr
• 목포문화연대.net
• 목동튼튼영어.com
• 아폴로보온병.com
• 엠비씨.com
• 춘천야깅.com

Loughborough Jmap

　This week I discovered that Google Maps have done an amazing job on transliterating English Place and Street names into Japanese Katakana. I am totally impressed. I looked at the Japanese Google Map for Loughborough ラフバラ

• doiop.com/ラフバラ
• ta.gd/ラフバラー

　Zoom out to see Town and City names transliterated into Japanese Katakana カタカナ

Japanese IDNs

1. いっぱい情報.jp
2. おとく.com
3. ブログ稼ぐ.jp
4. 虎王戦.jp
5. 黒ぶた.jp
6. 幻視球.net
7. ビッグバンド.jp
8. マルユー.com
9. 純道.com
10. えべチュン.jp
11. 野菜ジュース.jp
12. プラネタリウム.jp
13. チョーヤ.jp
14. 総統の夢.jp
15. 山鬼.com
16. ゴスペル東京.jp
17. 明治.jp
18. 明治製菓.jp
19. Bear Racing Service ベア.jp
20. Bowling Online Shop ボウリング通販.com
21. Cat's Cradle あやとり.com
22. Chiba Sewing Machines 千葉ミシン.com
23. Cos Wig コスプレウイッグ.jp
24. Denki･House でんきはうすいのうえ.jp
25. Eyelash Beauty まつげ美容液.com
26. Fiore esthetic salon & school フィオーレ.com
27. FreeBit dot com フリービット・ドットコム.jp
28. Fujigoko Cyber City 富士五湖.jp
29. FutureSpirits フューチャースピリッツ.jp
30. Gion Festival 祇園祭.jp
31. Happy Wedding - International Marriage 国際結婚ガイド.com
32. Hokuriku Telecommunication Network 北陸通信ネットワーク.jp
33. Jewelry Sanvi サンビ.jp
34. Kitchen Timers キッチンタイマー.com
35. Kouchi Fishing Club 高知釣吉クラブ.com
36. Kyoto Youth Groups 京都青年団体会議.com
37. Los Angeles ロサンゼルス.jp
38. Momotarou Real Estate 桃太郎不動産.jp
39. Naomichi Uramoto Official Web 浦本修充.jp
40. New York City ニューヨークシティ.jp
41. Pommes de Terre Restaurant 洋食屋.jp
42. Saifu Honpo 財布本舗.jp
43. Samurai Cover Shop: iPhone cases アイフォンケース.com
44. Shinran Association Blog Portal 親鸞会.com
45. Taiyaki Blog http://たい焼.jp/
46. Taguchi Animal Hospital 田口動物病院.com
47. Twilight Express Overnight Train Service トワイライトエクスプレス.com
48. Uesugi Kenshin 上杉謙信.jp
49. Voice Training ボイストレーニング.jp
50. Wonder Dream Web Shop ワンダードリーム.jp
51. Yahata Neji 八幡ねじ.jp
52. Yamada-ku Youth Association 山田区青年会.jp

Unicode URL Shortening

I have just discovered a URL shortening Service that has IDNs. When creating a custom URL the text you provide can be Unicode and so can be any language. Here are some shortened URLs I have created:

• http://✩.ws/国际化域名
• http://❥.ws/拉夫堡市场
• http://⌘.ws/ユニコード
• http://✿.ws/小山
• http://➽.ws/オンドレ
• http://➹.ws/트위터
• http://➔.ws/国际化

Another Unicode Savvy URL shortening service is http://doiop.com/

• doiop.com/Ноттингем
• doiop.com/ноттингем

Japanese Input Method

For many years I have used mechanisms like Character Palette for special pictorial symbols. Over time one acquires a set of frequently used symbols. There are also some symbols available by pressing key combinations. I do not find either of these methods satisfactory.
Recently I discovered an alternative method for typing pictorial symbols when using the Kotoeri Japanese Input Method on my Mac and iPod Touch. When writing Japanese one can invoke the Candidate Window by pressing the space bar after typing some Japanese. The Candidate Window lists all the possibilities for the word one has typed. Some Japanese words have associated symbol(s) which are selectable in the Candidate Window.
Below, I list those word/symbol associations I have, so far, found.

• でんわ=telephone: type でんわ to get ☎
• あめ=rain: type あめ to get ☂
• ゆき=snow: type ゆき to get ☃
• くも=cloud: type くも to get ☁
• ほし=star: type ほし to get ★ or ☆
• まる=circle: type まる to get ○ or ● or ◎ or ◉
• おんせん=hot spring: type おんせん to get ♨
• おんぷ=musical note: type おんぷ to get ♪ or ♩ or ♫ or ♬
• かっこ=brackets: type かっこ to get 『』or（）or〈〉or《》or【】or「」or〔〕
• とらんぷ=playing cards: type とらんぷ to get ♢ or ♤ or ♡ or ♧ or ♦ or ♠ or ♥ or ♣
• きごう=symbol: type きごう to get a profusion of symbols

For a more extensive list see Wolfgang Hadamitzky's Page

Hong Kong IDNs

• Aji Ichiban 優之良品.hk
• Aji Ichiban 优之良品.hk
• Café de Coral 大家樂.hk
• Café de Coral 大家乐.hk
• Chinachem Group 華懋集團.hk
• Evergreen Hotel 萬年青酒店.hk
• Evergreen Hotel 万年青酒店.hk
• HKR International 香港興業國際集團.hk
• HKR International 香港兴业国际集团.cn
• Hong Kong Electric 香港電燈集團.hk
• Hongkong Post 香港郵政.hk
• Hongkong Post 香港邮政.hk
• Hongkong Post 香港郵政.cn
• Lung Wah Hotel 龍華酒店.hk
• Lung Wah Hotel 龍華酒店.cn
• Lung Wah Hotel 龙华酒店.cn
• Lung Wah Hotel 龍華乳鴿.hk
• Lung Wah Hotel 龍華乳鴿.cn
• Lung Wah Hotel 龙华乳鸽.cn

Taiwanese Universities

Below are some Taiwanese University/College IDNs.

1. Air Force Institute of Technology 空軍航空技術學院.tw
2. Aletheia University 真理大學.tw
3. Asia University 亞洲大學.台灣
4. Central Police University 中央警察大學.tw
5. Chang Gung University 長庚大學.tw
6. Chang Jung Christian University 長榮大學.tw
7. Cheng Shiu University 正修科技大學.tw
8. Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science 嘉南藥理科技大學.tw
9. Chinese Culture University 中國文化大學.tw
10. Chung Hua University 中華大學.tw
11. Chung Yuan Christian University 中原大學.tw
12. Chungyu Institute of Technology 崇右技術學院.tw
13. Dahan Institute of Technology 大漢技術學院.tw
14. Diwan University 致遠管理學院.tw
15. Far East University 遠東科技大學.tw
16. Fortune Institute of Technology 和春技術學院.tw
17. Fu Jen Catholic University 輔仁大學.tw
18. Hsing Kuo University of Management 興國管理學院.tw
19. Huafan University 華梵大學.tw
20. Hungkuang University 弘光科技大學.tw
21. I-Shou University 義守大學.tw
22. Jinwen University of Science & Technology 景文科技大學.tw
23. Kainan University 開南大學.tw
24. Kun Shan University 崑山科技大學.tw
25. Lan Yang Institute of Technology 蘭陽技術學院.tw
26. Ling Tung University 嶺東科技大學.tw
27. Lunghwa University of Science & Technology 龍華科技大學.tw
28. Mingdao University 明道大學.tw
29. Minghsin University of Science & Technology 明新科技大學.tw
30. Nan Jeon Institute of Technology 南榮技術學院.tw
31. National Central University 國立中央大學.tw & 中大.台灣 & 中大.台湾
32. National Chengchi University 國立政治大學.tw
33. National Chi Nan University 国立暨南国际大学.tw
34. National Chi Nan University 國立暨南國際大學.tw
35. National Chiao Tung University 國立交通大學.tw
36. National Chung Cheng University 國立中正大學.tw
37. National Chung Hsing University 國立中興大學.tw
38. National Formosa University 國立虎尾科技大學.tw
39. National Hsinchu University of Education 國立新竹教育大學.tw
40. National Ilan University 國立宜蘭大學.tw
41. National Kaohsiung Marine University 國立高雄海洋科技大學.tw
42. National Open University 國立空中大學.tw
43. National Penghu University 國立澎湖科技大學.tw
44. National Pingtung University of Science & Technology 國立屏東科技大學.tw
45. National Taichung Institute of Technology 國立臺中技術學院.tw
46. National Taiwan Normal University 國立臺灣師範大學.tw
47. National Taiwan Ocean University 國立臺灣海洋大學.tw
48. National Taiwan University of Arts 國立臺灣藝術大學.tw
49. National United University 國立聯合大學.tw
50. National University of Kaohsiung 國立高雄大學 高雄大學.台灣
51. National University of Tainan 國立台南大學.tw
52. National Yunlin University of Science & Technology 國立雲林科技大學.tw
53. Oriental Institute of Technology 亞東技術學院.tw
54. Overseas Chinese University 僑光科技大學.tw
55. Providence University 靜宜大學.tw
56. St. John's University 聖約翰科技大學.tw
57. Taiwan Hospitality & Tourism College 臺灣觀光學院.tw
58. Tajen University 大仁科技大學.tw
59. Takming University of Science & Technology 德明財經科技大學.tw
60. Tatung Institute of Technology 大同技術學院.tw
61. Tatung University 大同大學.tw
62. Technology & Science Institute of Northern Taiwan 北台灣科學技術學院.tw
63. Transworld Institute of Technology 環球技術學院.tw
64. Tunghai University 東海大學.tw
65. Vanung University 萬能科技大學.tw
66. Yuan Ze University 元智大學.tw
67. Yung Ta Institute of Technology & Commerce 永達技術學院.tw