Chinese character

Definitions

1. Any character used in the written form of several languages of China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
2. Any of species Cilix glaucata of moths.

Equivalents

Examples

“There are no Publick Schools in all China (though ſome Writers have⟳ erroneouſly ſet forth the contrary) but every perſon chuſes his own⟳ Maſter, by whom he is taught in his Houſe, at his own⟳ charge. And in regard of the great difficulty in teaching the Chineſe Characters, in reſpect of their vaſt number⟳ and variety, it is impoſſible for one to teach⟳ many ſeveral perſons ; and therefore every Maſter of a Family takes an Intſructer into his Houſe for his Children, of whom if there be two or three to learn⟳, they are as many as one Tutor can well teach⟳.”

“Had it not been for the casual discovery in the year 1625 of a deeply buried black marble tablet near Hsi-an containing nearly 1,700 Chinese characters, and a long list of names of priests in Syriac, the fact that such a sect rooted itself in the Celestial Empire would never have⟳ been believed, as indeed after the tablet was unearthed it was for a long time discredited.”

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