I purchased this children’s educational card game in Penang, Malaysia in 2023. Its name is 汉字组字扑克, which roughly translates to “Chinese character combination poker.” This box set did not come with any instructions, but its name and design suggests it’s a kind of “扑克 [poker]” game where cards (with Chinese characters/radicals written on them) are grouped together into Chinese…

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