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.
Statements (61)
| 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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