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The History of Chinese Alphabet
China is the only country in the world with a literature written in one language for more than 3,000 consecutive years. ... It is the use of characters, not letters as in Western languages, that is most important in the Chinese language.
The Chinese, however, do not use an alphabet. The Chinese characters or symbols called hanzi (or kanji in Japanese). ... While most Western alphabets have between 30 and 40 letters, there are about 4-6,000 characters even in daily use.
Approximate Word count = 375 Approximate Pages = 1.5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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