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Chinese writing is logographic—each character represents a word or morpheme.

✓ TRUE FACT
Chinese characters generally represent morphemes (meaning units) rather than individual sounds like an alphabet. Functional literacy often requires knowing thousands of characters—commonly 2,000–3,000+ for everyday reading.

🤯 "Chinese writing is logographic—each character represents a word or morpheme — every character is its own little masterpiece."

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