Chinese characters are logograms used in writing Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and formerly Vietnamese.
"The actual shape of many Chinese characters varies in different cultures. Mainland China adopted simplified characters in 1956, but Traditional Chinese characters are still used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. Japan has used its own less drastically simplified characters since 1946, while Korea has limited the use of Chinese characters, and Vietnam completely abolished their use in favour of romanized Vietnamese."
Related: Collection of popular Chinese characters in GIF format.
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