The symbols that represent words that are used in writing Chinese are called "hanzi". One character would be called a "han" character. Japanese written language would be called "kanji".
Chinese linguistics or Chinese literature?
Chinese
"Chinese" is French is "Chinois"
No, however there is a language called Mandarin, which is often simply called Chinese.
Chinese was not the first written language; Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs are considered some of the earliest forms of writing dating back to around 3000 BCE. Chinese writing emerged around 1200 BCE during the Shang Dynasty in China.
The written language of China is called "Chinese" and encompasses virtually all 295 dialects spoken in China, including Mandarin and Cantonese.For more information about the written Chinese language, click here.
Walter Hillier has written: 'The Chinese language and how to learn it' -- subject(s): Chinese language
Rusi Guang has written: 'Chinese characters' -- subject(s): Chinese language, Writing 'Chinese wit, wisdom and written characters' -- subject(s): Chinese language, Writing
Chinese was not the first written language; Sumerian cuneiform and Egyptian hieroglyphs are considered some of the earliest forms of writing dating back to around 3000 BCE. Chinese writing emerged around 1200 BCE during the Shang Dynasty in China.
Chinese linguistics or Chinese literature?
Walter Caine Hillier has written: 'The Chinese language' 'The Chinese language and how to learn it' -- subject(s): Chinese language 'One thousand useful Chinese characters, reprinted from \\' -- subject(s): Accessible book
its shorter
Chinese
Yes. The morden Chinese language.
Diane Wolff has written: 'An easy guide to everyday Chinese' -- subject(s): Chinese language 'Chinese writing' -- subject(s): Chinese language, Writing, Juvenile literature
T. L. Bullock has written: 'Progressive exercises in the Chinese written language' -- subject(s): Composition and exercises, Chinese language
Tadachika Takada has written: 'Rikutai Senjimon' -- subject(s): Calligraphy, Chinese, Chinese Calligraphy, Chinese Primers, Primers, Chinese 'Gakko happan' -- subject(s): Chinese Inscriptions, Chinese language, Etymology, Inscriptions, Chinese 'Kanji shokai' -- subject(s): Etymology, Japanese language, Chinese language