Chinese character; Han character
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Chinese character; Han character; logographic writing system for Chinese
neutralRefers to the characters used to write the Chinese language. It is distinct from phonetic scripts and is a logographic system where, with very few exceptions, each character represents one syllable and one morpheme.
Xué学
xí习
Hàn汉
zì字
shì是
xué学
xí习
Zhōng中
wén文
de的
zhòng重
yào要
bù部
fèn分
。
Learning Chinese characters is an important part of learning Chinese.
Zhè这
běn本
shū书
lǐ里
yǒu有
hěn很
duō多
yǒu有
qù趣
de的
Hàn汉
zì字
gù故
shi事
。
This book contains many interesting stories about Chinese characters.
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Zhè这
ge个
Hàn汉
zì字
tài太
nán难
xiě写
le了
。
This Chinese character is too difficult to write.
Rì日
běn本
yě也
shǐ使
yòng用
yī一
bù部
fèn分
Hàn汉
zì字
。
Japan also uses some Chinese characters.