What are the characteristics of Chinese characters according to Mr. Wang Meng

What Mr. Wang Meng believes are the characteristics of Chinese characters: reproducibility, condensation, and association.

I. Reproducibility.

1, this feature means that it can reproduce the image and characteristics of some things, such as: mountains, water, sun, moon, etc. More than 80% of Chinese characters are made by the methods of character creation such as hieroglyphics, references, huiyi, and shaped sound, etc. Because of this uniqueness of the Chinese characters, we can understand the meaning of a certain out-of-the-way Chinese character easily.

2. It is regular, so we can easily guess the general meaning of a character even if we don't know it. In this way, we can also get a general idea of the meaning of a Chinese character when we come across it in a document that is thousands of years old. This feature of Chinese characters plays an extremely important role in the transmission of culture.

2. Concentration.

1. The fact that ancient Chinese books can record the most information with the least number of words lies in the condensed nature of the Chinese characters, and the individual symbols of the Chinese characters often contain a huge amount of social information. This feature is especially evident from the ancient texts. Take Confucius' Spring and Autumn Annals as an example, in which there are various accounts of the death of people alone.

2. The different ways of expressing this concept contain a great deal of rich social meaning. Among national languages, Chinese characters are the most succinctly expressed. United Nations documents often have to be translated into multiple versions in different scripts, such as English, French, Spanish and Chinese, and the Chinese version of the same document is always the thinnest.

Third, associative.

1, the Chinese characters also have the ability to represent meaning, some Chinese characters are like a picture, in the moment you see it can be associated, intended to illustrate that a certain material basis is an essential factor in the formation of a family.

2. Through such associative nature, words can be enriched and enlivened. This is the charm of the Chinese characters themselves, but also an important part of the traditional Chinese culture.