The Chinese language’s lack of an alphabet has been a source of concern. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, it meant Chinese typewriting and telegraphy were much slower.

Most of the world’s languages are written alphabetically; in an alphabetic writing system the basic components represent sounds only without any reference to meaning. For example, the letter “b” in ...

Rather than an alphabet, characters are used to represent words in China. Photo taken from BBC In China, it takes blood, sweat and months of studying dictionaries to become a Character Hero.

Few things in Chinese culture are more widely misunderstood outside of China than the Chinese language. The Chinese write very differently from us and indeed from all other literate societies in today ...

Chinese characters are the system of symbols used to write Chinese. Unlike an alphabet, which represents only sounds, each Chinese character has a unique meaning.

BBC's Celia Hatton reports from Beijing, and asks whether the Chinese are forgetting how to write their own language. In China, it takes blood, sweat and months of studying dictionaries to become ...

Chinese calligraphers have a variety of reasons to study the art form. For some people, practicing writing the regular script will keep the traditional culture alive.

Chinese characters under threat in digital age By Jin Zhu (China Daily) Updated: 2013-08-21 07:34 ...