A Brief History of the Chinese Writing System Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed dictum dolor ac turpis porttitor condimentum. Morbi diam dui, venenatis ac massa id, ultrices pharetra nisl. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur quis tellus quis enim viverra vulputate ac sed dui. Phasellus molestie tempus purus, quis tempus sem pharetra varius. Morbi nisi dui, iaculis et accumsan ac, aliquet id velit. Nullam convallis imperdiet lacus id sodales. Read more: A Brief History of the Chinese Writing System
Characteristics of Chinese Characters A language, in general, consists of sentences, which are made up of words, which in turn are constructed from characters. A character can be considered as a symbol, and the geometric aspects of the symbol are discussed here as a graph. Read more: Characteristics of Chinese Characters
Simple Characters 獨體字 Chinese characters can be analyzed into one or more components 部件[bù jiàn]. The simplest case is those characters of only one component, i.e., 獨體字[dú tǐ zì] simple characters. These early-formed characters were made to represent the syllable in speech directly using the outward appearance of the things that they stand for. Read more: Simple Characters 獨體字
Comparative Chart of Chinese and English Unlike English, Chinese characters are so-called square pictographs or ideographs. The following is shown as a comparative Chart of Chinese and English. Read more: Comparative Chart of Chinese and English
Compound Characters 合體字 Most Chinese characters consist of more than one component, i.e., 合體字[hé tǐ zì] compound characters. For example, the characters 柑([gān], mandarin orange) and 森（[sēn], thick forest） are made up of two (i.e., 木 and 甘) and three (i.e., three 木) components respectively. Read more: Compound Characters 合體字
