Sunday 30 March 2014

Chinese characters

How many characters are there altogether? 
50,000

How many characters does an educated person know? 
8,000

How old are the Chinese characters? 
Approximately 3,500 years ago

Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs?
It is a pictograph because they change the normal Chinese writing into a picture
For example this horse:







What two characters joined together make good?
Woman and child make good

What two characters joined together make television?
If you combine electric and vision you get television

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