Sunday 30 March 2014

Chinese characters

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

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

How old are Chinese characters?
They are over 3,500 years old.

Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs?
Because some are pictures not letters.

What 2 characters join together to make ‘good’?
女 woman 子 child 

What 2 characters join together to make ‘television’?
电 electric 视 vision 

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