[NetBehaviour] Chinese Characters.

marc marc.garrett at furtherfield.org
Mon Dec 11 13:54:51 CET 2006


Chinese Characters.

The origin of the Chinese antique script is very long and there is not 
enough documentary resources about its history. Chinese characters can 
be traced to a time when people were making records in their daily life 
by tying knots in ropes or strings. The most acceptable legend of the 
inventor of Chinese writing was a minister named Ts'ang Chieh , who 
records the history in the court of Emperor Huang Ti, the first king of 
China.

THE CHINESE WORD
People in different regions of China speak differently, including such 
dialects as Mandarin, Min Nan, Hakka, Cantonese, etc. The written 
Chinese words are the same for everyone. Hence, to have a better 
understanding about Chinese people is to understand the written Chinese.

more...
http://logos.uoregon.edu/explore/orthography/chinese.html



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