This is a mini-guide to Chinese characters. You can either click "Start" and you will be guided from one section to another or you can click on the right-hand side to go to the section of your choice.

Early characters dating from perhaps three thousand years ago illustrate how Chinese writing began. But this early start with pictorial writing was quickly abandoned. It is difficult for pictures to ...

However, among all of these writing systems, Chinese characters, Hanzi, hold a special place in my heart as being the most elegant and aesthetic. Despite the practical limitations of Chinese ...

The administrator said these photos were taken by Mahathir himself ... Yesterday, Mahathir said the use of Chinese characters on signboards was fine, but should be limited to translations in ...

Of course, a written language needs to convey ideas as well as things, so another group of characters illustrate abstract concepts such as one 一, two 二, above 上 and below 下.