Untangling the Shared Origins and Evolutions of Chinese Hanzi, Japanese Kanji, and Korean Writing Systems
Chinese characters, known in Chinese as hanzi, have a history dating back over 3000 years to oracle bone inscriptions of the Shang Dynasty. As one of the world’s oldest continuously used writing systems, hanzi developed into a sophisticated logographic system with thousands of unique characters. When Chinese culture spread to neighboring regions like Japan and […]