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  2. Simplified Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    The 14 simplified components in Chart 2 are never used alone as individual characters. They only serve as components. Example of derived simplification based on the component 𦥯, simplified to 𰃮 ( ), include: 學 → 学; 覺 → 觉; 黌 → 黉. Chart 1 collects 352 simplified characters that generally cannot be used as components.

  3. Written Chinese - Wikipedia

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    Written Chinese is a writing system that uses Chinese characters and other symbols to represent the Chinese languages. Chinese characters do not directly represent pronunciation, unlike letters in an alphabet or syllabograms in a syllabary. Rather, the writing system is morphosyllabic: characters are one spoken syllable in length, but generally ...

  4. Mo Li Hua - Wikipedia

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    unknown. Melody and lyrics of "Mo Li Hua". " Mo Li Hua " ( Chinese: 茉莉花; pinyin: Mòlìhuā or Mòlihuā [a] [1]; lit. 'Jasmine Flower' [b]) is a Chinese folk song from the Jiangnan region. [2] [3] [4] The song dates back to the 18th century. Over time, many regional variations were created, and the song gained popularity both in China ...

  5. Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    Chinese characters are logographs used to write the Chinese languages and others from regions historically influenced by Chinese culture.Chinese characters have a documented history spanning over three millennia, representing one of the four independent inventions of writing accepted by scholars; of these, they comprise the only writing system continuously used since its invention.

  6. Pinyin - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. In official documents, it is referred to as the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet. [1] [2] It is the official system used in China, Singapore, Taiwan, and by the United Nations. Its use has become common when transliterating Standard Chinese mostly ...

  7. Horizontal and vertical writing in East Asian scripts - Wikipedia

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    In the standard language ( 표준어; 標準語) of South Korea, punctuation marks are used differently in horizontal and vertical writing. Western punctuation marks are used in horizontal writing and the Japanese punctuation marks are used in vertical writing. However, vertical writing using Western punctuation marks is sometimes found.

  8. Cursive script (East Asia) - Wikipedia

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    Cursive script ( Chinese: 草書, cǎoshū; Japanese: 草書体, sōshotai; Korean: 초서, choseo; Vietnamese: thảo thư ), often referred to as grass script, is a script style used in Chinese and East Asian calligraphy. It is an umbrella term for the cursive variants of the clerical script and the regular script. [1]

  9. Transcription into Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Transcription into Chinese characters is the use of traditional or simplified Chinese characters to phonetically transcribe the sound of terms and names of foreign words to the Chinese language. Transcription is distinct from translation into Chinese whereby the meaning of a foreign word is communicated in Chinese.