Chinese Characters | Introduction (Hello China #92)

How do you say Chinese Characters in Mandarin?

• Hànyǔ pīnyīn

• Hànzì

In 8000 years ago, how do the Chinese record what they saw in the world?

• By drawing

• By writing Hànzì

Legend says what about Chinese Characters?

• Pictures that can be written.

• Pictures that can be read.

What do the Westerners call Chinese Characters written in 8000 years ago?

• Hànzì

• Pictograph

Some Hànzì symbols composed represent what?

• Sound

• Shape

Why Hànzì is important?

• To record what they see in the world

• To study the life of China

How many frequent use Chinese Characters are there?

• 2500 Hànzì

• 5200 Hànzì