Popular Chinese Symbols for Words
There are many popular Chinese symbols for words. Among these, symbols that express feelings, good luck symbols, Chinese symbols for family, and Chinese characters for commonly used nouns hold the top ranks.
The Chinese language, Mandarin, contains more than 80,000 characters, each with its own meaning. In modern China, only about 3,000 symbols are used in daily life, and people express their ideas and meanings quite well with this limited amount.
Chinese Symbols for Words
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Unlike English letters, which must be joined together to form words that express meaning, each and every Chinese symbol represents an idea, thing, action, or meaning. Although each symbol can be understood independently of others, they are commonly joined together to make compound words to express deeper meaning.
Some of the most popular Chinese symbols for words are listed below. Click on a word to learn more about it.
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