Chinese characters
logographic writing system with Han origin used in the Sinosphere for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and traditional Vietnamese languages
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Summary
Chinese characters is a logographic writing system[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of logographic writing system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20,914 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Cangjie[3]
- Instance of: natural writing system[4], writing system[5]
- Based on: proto-writing[6]
- Subclass of: writing system[7], logographic writing system[8]
- Part of: Chinese[9], CJK[10], Han with Bopomofo[11]
- Commons category: Chinese writing[12]
- Language of work or name: Chinese[13], Japanese[14], Korean[15], Okinawan[16], Vietnamese[17], Zhuang[18]
- Country of origin: China[19]
- Has part(s): CJKV stroke[20], Chinese character radical[21], hanzi component[22]
- Inception: 1250 BC[23]
- Topic's main category: Category:Han script characters[24]
- Commons gallery: Chinese characters[25]
- Facet of: Chinese[26], Japanese[27], Korean[28]
- Script directionality: left-to-right[29], vertical right-to-left[30]
- Topic has template: Template:各地漢字[31]
- Has effect: Sinosphere[32]
- Main Wikidata property: P5425[33]
- Different from: sinogram[34], Tangut script[35]
- History of topic: stages of evolution of Chinese characters[36], history of Chinese characters[37]
- Name: Han (Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja)[38], idéogrammes han (sinogrammes)[39], Han[40]
- Studied by: analysis of Chinese characters[41]
- Has part(s) of the class: sinogram[42]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[43], Wikipedia:Vital articles[44]
- Unicode range: U+2E80-2EFF,U+3000-303F,U+3200-4DBF,U+4E00-9FFF,U+F900-FAFF,U+FE30-FE4F,U+20000-2A6DF,U+2A700-2EE5F,U+2F800-2FA1F,U+30000-3347F[45]
- Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject CJKV character[46]
Why It Matters
Chinese characters has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 114 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]
It has been cited as an influence by Tangut script[49], a constructed writing system[50], founded in 1036[51].
FAQs
Who did Chinese characters influence?
Chinese characters has been cited as an influence by Tangut script[49].