How many characters does the average literate Chinese person know? Studies carried out in China have shown that full literacy requires a knowledge of between three and four thousand characters.

China recently issued a notice on improving Chinese character writing in primary and secondary schools in an effort to ...

I just want to learn speaking Chinese, so I don't need to learn Chinese characters. Well, you can do that. As I know, however, there is a great chance that you will regret when you want to reach a ...

Japanese writing incorporates both Chinese characters and symbols that have a sound value like an alphabet (called a syllabary). Because of their syllabary, the Japanese are able to learn much more ...