Chinese characters, known as hanzi, were allegedly created by Cang Jie around 2650 BC and are logographic rather than alphabetic. They are used in written Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and other East Asian languages and originated in China.

1. hàn
zì
漢
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. What?