Han script

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The Han script is the traditional logographic writing system used for Chinese and historically adopted, with adaptations, by several East Asian languages.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf East Asian script
writing system
alsoKnownAs Chinese characters
Han characters
Hanzi
characterType logogram
morpheme-based characters
componentOf CJKV writing systems
developedFrom bronze script
clerical script
oracle bone script
seal script
encodedIn Unicode NERFINISHED
hasApproximateNumberOfCharacters tens of thousands
hasVariant Simplified Chinese characters
Traditional Chinese characters
historicallyUsedFor Japanese language
Korean language
Vietnamese language NERFINISHED
influenced chữ Hán
chữ Nôm NERFINISHED
hanja
kanji
originatedIn ancient China
scriptFamily CJK scripts
standardizedDuring Han dynasty NERFINISHED
Qin dynasty NERFINISHED
timeOfOrigin late 2nd millennium BCE
unicodeBlock CJK Unified Ideographs
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension A NERFINISHED
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension B
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension C NERFINISHED
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension D NERFINISHED
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension E
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension F
CJK Unified Ideographs Extension G NERFINISHED
usedFor calligraphy
inscriptions
literary texts
official documents
personal names
place names
usedIn China NERFINISHED
Hong Kong NERFINISHED
Japan NERFINISHED
Korea NERFINISHED
Macau NERFINISHED
Singapore NERFINISHED
Taiwan NERFINISHED
Vietnam NERFINISHED
usedWith bopomofo
hangul
kana
pinyin
writingDirection left-to-right
right-to-left-vertical
top-to-bottom
writingSystemFor Chinese language NERFINISHED
Classical Chinese NERFINISHED
Middle Chinese NERFINISHED
writingSystemType morphosyllabic

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writingSystem Han script
Quanzhou dialect usesScript Han script