Sunday, 30 March 2014

Chinese characters

How many Chinese characters are there altogether?
About 50,000.

How many characters does an educated person know?
About 8,000.

How old are Chinese characters?
Over 3,500 years old.

Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs?
A pictograph is one of the original characters.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘good’?
女 (woman) + 子 (child) = 好 (good)

What 2 characters join together to make ‘television’?
电 (electric) + 视 (vision) =  电视 (television)

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