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A '''Chinese character''' (hànzì, 漢字) is a logographic [[glyph]] used in [[writing]] Chinese. Chinese characters are also used in [[Japanese language|Japanese]] and [[Korean language|Korean]], in which they are called [[kanji]] and [[hanja]], respectively.

'''Chinese characters''' ([[Traditional Chinese]], [[Kanji]], and [[Hanja]]: 漢字; [[Simplified Chinese]]: 汉字; [[Hanyu Pinyin]]: Hànzì) are semanto-phonetic [[glyph|glyphs]] that are used in written [[Chinese]]. They are commonly used in [[Japanese language|Japanese]], alongside with the Japanese syllabaries [[hiragana]] and [[katakana]]. However in [[Korean language| Korean]], [[Hangul]] is used and Chinese characters are only used for names and to distinguish ambiguous homonyms.

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Pinyin]]

*[[Pinyin]]

*[http://www.sungwh.freeserve.co.uk/hanzi/index.html Hanzi]

*[http://www.sungwh.freeserve.co.uk/hanzi/index.html Hanzi]

*[http://www.zhongwen.com/ Zhongwen.com: Chinese Characters and Culture]

*[http://www.zhongwen.com/ Zhongwen.com: Chinese Characters and Culture]

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[[Category:Communication]]

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