How many Chinese characters are there altogether? About 50,000.
How many characters does an educated person know? Close to 8,000.
How old are Chinese characters? About 3,500.
Why are some Chinese characters called pictographs? Because pictures change over time.
What 2 characters join together to make ‘good’? 女 woman + 子 child = 好 good.
What 2 characters join together to make ‘television’? 电 electric + 视 vision = 电视 television.
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