Chinese Characters
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Chinese Characters - Index
Some examples, how the names of western cities, brands, and VIPs are translated into Chinese language: Ai - Love Berlin Benz BMW Christmas Deutsche Bank (Ger...
Chinese Language
The Chinese spoken language consists of numerous dialects which differ from each other so much that Chinese from Beijing can hardly communicate with an inhab...
Chinese Characters Articles
Number of Chinese Characters
How many characters do you have to know to be able to read a Chinese newspaper? And how many Chinese characters exist? Chinese children learn 3000 characters...
Frequent Problems when writing Chinese Characters
Problem: The characters are correctly displayed on the computer but not printed correctly. This often happens because the installed printer driver is not up-...
How to write Chinese Characters on the Computer
Input of Chinese characters Of course you don't use a keyboard of some thousand keys to write Chinese characters on the computer. One rather uses a regular k...
Reform of Chinese Characters
There have been ideas about reforming the characters before. During the reign of the emperor Qin Shi Huangdi of the Qin dynasty the spelling of characters wa...
Chinese Dictionary
The component that represents the meaning of a character is called the radical, or basic picture that conveys meaning. On the basis of this radical Chinese c...
Meaning of the Chinese Characters for China
The Chinese script is the unifying element of Chinese culture. Whereas the Chinese language developed many different dialects and had gone through many chang...
Chinese Characters - Origin
Chinese characters are the oldest script in the world which is still being used today. As early as 4000 years ago Chinese characters were used on oracle bone...
Chinese Characters - Composition
The composition of Chinese characters follows a certain system. Most of the characters consist of several components, one phonetic component and one symbolic...
Chinese Characters in Asia
Chinese characters have been adopted by peoples whose languages differ significantly from the Chinese language. Chinese characters were or are still being us...
Chinese Calligraphy
The handwritten Chinese calligraphy is of course much more beautiful than characters written by computer. Today only few Chinese study the art of calligraphy...