Chinese writing — Introduction basically logographic writing system, one of the world s great writing systems. Like Semitic writing in the West, Chinese script was fundamental to the writing systems in the East. Until relatively recently, Chinese… … Universalium
Japanese writing system — System of modified Chinese characters used for writing the Japanese language. The Japanese developed a mixed system, partly logographic (based on the Chinese writing system) and partly syllabic. In the 9th or 10th century two sets of syllabic… … Universalium
Japanese writing system — Infobox Writing system name=Japanese languages=Japanese language type = Alternative typedesc = utilizes both Logographic (Kanji) and Syllabic (Hiragana, Katakana) characters time = 4th century AD to present fam1=Chinese fam2=Oracle Bone Script… … Wikipedia
Writing system — Predominant scripts at the national level, with selected regional and minority scripts. Alphabet Latin Cyrillic Latin Greek … Wikipedia
Chinese character — Chinese pic=Hanzi.svg!200px picc Traditional Chinese (hanzi, kanji, hanja, and hán tự) Right: Chinese character in Simplified Chinese s=汉字 t=漢字 kanji=漢字 p=Audio|zh han4zi4.ogg|Hànzì j=hon3 zi6 poj=Hàn jī teo=hang3 ri7 lmz=IPA| [høz] hiragana=かんじ… … Wikipedia
Chinese character classification — Chinese characters Scripts Precursors · Oracle bone script · Bronze script · Seal script (large, small) · Clerical script · Cu … Wikipedia
Chinese script styles — Chinese characters Scripts Precursors · Oracle bone script · Bronze script · Seal script (large, small) · Clerical script · … Wikipedia
List of languages by writing system — This article is a list of languages sorted by writing system (by alphabetical order).Arabic alphabet*Arabic *Azeri (Iran) *Balochi *Berber *Fulani (on occasion) *Hausa (on occasion) *Kanuri (on occasion) *Kashmiri *Kazakh in China *Kurdish (Iran… … Wikipedia
writing — /ruy ting/, n. 1. the act of a person or thing that writes. 2. written form: to commit one s thoughts to writing. 3. that which is written; characters or matter written with a pen or the like: His writing is illegible. 4. such characters or… … Universalium
Chinese languages — or Sinitic languages Family of languages comprising one of the two branches of Sino Tibetan. They are spoken by about 95% of the inhabitants of China and by many communities of Chinese immigrants elsewhere. Linguists regard the major dialect… … Universalium