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...ras]] of Japanese (units similar to [[syllable]]s). These developed from [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]] called ''[[kanji]]'', but were simplified in f ...ge (general)|languages]] are usually not [[written language|written]] in [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]] (''[[kanji]]'') but [[phonology|phonologically

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...e door (非常口 ''Hijoo Guchi'' 'fire exit') is written in ''[[kanji]]'', or [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]].<BR><small>Photo © by Sonny Santos, used by [ Japanese is written using a combination of three different scripts. [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]] (漢字 ''[[kanji]]'') are used for the most m

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...rm]] (often of Chinese origin) consisting of four [[phrases]] each seven [[Chinese characters]] (''[[kanji]]'' - 漢字) in length.

...but not all: [[Chinese language|Chinese]] varieties are famous for their [[Chinese characters|characters]], and [[Japanese language|Japanese]] uses a mixture of mostly C

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...Other systems involve symbols that usually incorporate meaning, such as [[Chinese characters]]. The decision over which system to use can be purely political or histori ...e difference outside of context is to use ''[[kanji]]'' (Chinese-derived [[Chinese characters|characters]]) - 橋 is 'bridge' and 箸 is 'chopsticks'. With another word

The name (written 河内 in Chinese characters) can be translated as "between the rivers."

{{seealso|Chinese characters}} ...nji are also not used in exactly the same way as traditional or simplified Chinese characters used to write modern [[Mandarin language|Mandarin]] or other varieties of [

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...are termed ''gin'' (吟), and are usually composed of four or more lines of Chinese characters, or [[kanji]] (漢字), each line having the same number of characters. ''

{{Image|Citizendium-mandarin.gif|right|200px|'[[Citizendium]]' in Chinese characters. This [[writing system]] allows characters to be written top to bottom as w '''Chinese characters''' (simplified Chinese 汉字; traditional Chinese: 漢字; ''hànzì'' in

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...e door (非常口 ''Hijoo Guchi'' 'fire exit') is written in ''[[kanji]]'', or [[Chinese characters|Chinese-derived characters]].<BR><small>Photo © by Sonny Santos, used by [

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...ology]]. This is a [[Taiwan]]ese [[computer keyboard]] allowing input in [[Chinese characters]], [[romanisation|romanised]] [[Chinese language]]s and a script explicitly

...e consonants, but some vowel information is only optionally included. Most Chinese characters represent both a syllable and a morpheme, and thus the characters used to w {{seealso|Syllable|Mora|Chinese characters}}