Chinese Characters across Asia

How the Chinese Script Came to Write Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese

Omschrijving

A fascinating story of writing across cultures and timeWhile other ancient nonalphabetic scripts—Sumerian cuneiform, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Mayan hieroglyphs—are long extinct, Chinese characters, invented over three thousand years ago, are today used by well over a billion people to write Chinese and Japanese.
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Handel, Zev (Professor of Asian Languages and Literatures
Titel
Chinese Characters across Asia
Uitgever
University of Washington Press
Jaar
2025
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
276
Gewicht
416 gr
EAN
9780295753027
Afmetingen
228 x 151 x 22 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback / softback

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