Chinese characters
Also known as Hanzi, Kanji, Hanja, Hán tự, Chữ Hán, Han characters, Chu Han, Han tu
logographic writing system with Han origin used in the Sinosphere for Chinese, Japanese, Korean and traditional Vietnamese languages
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Chinese characters are a writing system that uses symbols (called logograms) to represent words or meaningful units of language, rather than just sounds like the alphabet does. This system originated in China and has been adopted across East and Southeast Asia, making it important for writing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and traditional Vietnamese.
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Japanese name Kanji漢字
Korean name Hangul한자 Hanja漢字