Chinese characters, known as hanzi, were allegedly created by Cang Jie around 2650 BC and provide written language for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. They are logographic characters that originated in China and are now used in East Asian countries like China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore to write their languages.

1. hàn
zì
汉
字

2. What do you know
about Chinese
Characters?
Who, when, where,
what, why and how?

3. Legend has it that …
Cāng jié 仓颉 （about 2650 BC)

4. Where？
Hanja in South Korea
Kanji in Japan
China, Hong Kong, Taiwan,
Japan, South Korea,
Malaysia, Singapore

5. Shen2 me?