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The world's major writing systems have tended to simplify over time, with a notable exception: New research shows that the Chinese writing system has become increasingly complex over the course of its ...

Chinese characters are beautiful. That’s perhaps why many Westerners find the notion of the script etched on their bodies so appealing. If only they could read the tattoos! Enter blog Hanzi Smatter ...

ZHENGZHOU, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- As a series of events being held to commemorate the 120th anniversary of the discovery of oracle bone inscriptions this month, the spotlight has been brought to the ...

To a non-Chinese speaker (like me), and especially to a Westerner (like me), Chinese is the most impenetrable family of languages on Earth. While there may be only an eighth as many syllables as in ...

Key issue There are tens of thousands of Chinese characters, which creates a challenge for technologies developed based on Western alphabets. (Courtesy: iStock/alexsi) Chinese characters, in use by ...

This exhibition explores the evolution of Chinese characters from ancient times to the present. Chinese script is one of the oldest written languages in the world and the only ancient language still ...