The History of Chinese Characters and Variants

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Hànzì, or Chinese characters, is the system of writing for the Chinese languages. It is logographic, meaning each character represents a meaning as well as a sound.

Over the millennia, it has been adapted to many languages in countries neighboring China, especially Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. This process formed the so-called East Asian cultural sphere. It has also given rise to a number of other logographic scripts, such as the extinct Khitan and Jurchen scripts, as well as some syllabic ones, such as Kana of Japan and Zhuyin of Taiwan.

The origin of Chinese characters can be traced back approximately 3,250 years to the late Shang dynasty, when the Oracle bone script was first used for divination.

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