To: Jack Hydrazine
A well-educated Chinese reader today recognizes approximately 4,000–6,000 characters; approximately 3,000 characters are required to read a Mainland newspaper. Is it fair to say that a Chinese character is more like a word or picture than a letter?
11 posted on
05/29/2014 9:25:13 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
To: Moonman62
hieroglyphics
Japan has hundreds themselves
Korean has fewer “letters” than English
13 posted on
05/29/2014 9:26:54 AM PDT by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Moonman62
From what I have read in the past the Chinese language seems to be descended from Babylonian cuneiform which is also a pictograph language.
20 posted on
05/29/2014 9:33:48 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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