Knowing just 1,000 Chinese characters will enable you to understand approximately 90% of written communication. With 2,500 you'll understand around 98% of written Chinese, and knowing all the 4000 we have listed on these page will enable you to understand virtually 100%. With that, even a native Chinese would be considered literate.

This is a very useful website with animation to help you to learn how chinese construct the characters!

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Chinese characters evolved over time from earlier forms of hieroglyphs

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