Category: LanguagePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate
汉字
/hànzì/Roman
English meaning: Chinese Characters (Hanzi)
Definition
The logographic writing system of the Chinese language, one of the world's oldest still-used writing systems with over 3,000 years of history. Modern Chinese uses about 3,500 commonly used characters. Chinese characters are also used in Japanese (kanji) and Korean (hanja) writing.
Example
“汉字是世界上使用时间最长的文字系统之一。”
In English: “Chinese characters are one of the world's longest-used writing systems.”
Literary Heritage
“中国书虽然有劝人入世的话，却多是没有用的。”
/Zhōngguó shū suīrán yǒu quàn rén rùshì de huà, què duō shì méiyǒu yòng de./
“Although Chinese books have words encouraging people to engage with the world, most are useless.”
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Language information
- Language
- 中文
- Chinese (Simpl.)
- Script
- Han
- Family
- Sino-Tibetan
- Speakers
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