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[-] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 18 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Only a small number of chinese characters (usually ones like these that signify basic things and concepts) are ideographs or Pictographs

Most Chinese characters are phono-semantic compounds, which are kinda a bit of a mix between phonographs and ideographs

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