"興"zhào, a variant of " Zhao", is commonly seen in ancient calligraphy works. Zhao zhào ㄓㄠˋ.
1. Start, initial: ~beginning. ~ Health. ~end. ~Basic (start to build the foundation, lay the foundation). ~ Make (begin to build).
2. Cause: ~ something (a, cause an accident; b, nosy). ~Woe.
Chinese characters are by far the longest-used writing system and the only inheritor of all major writing systems in ancient times. Chinese characters have been the main official writing system in all dynasties of China. In ancient times, Chinese characters served as the only international communication script in East Asia. Before the 20th century, they were still the official written standard scripts of Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Ryukyu, etc. All East Asian countries created Chinese characters on their own to a certain extent.
It should be noted that Japan, the Korean Peninsula, Vietnam and other countries have been deeply influenced by Chinese culture in history, and even other languages ??have borrowed Chinese language and characters. In non-Chinese language systems, Japan has formulated the "List of Commonly Used Chinese Characters" and South Korea has also formulated the "Basic Chinese Characters for Education". Vietnam, North Korea, Mongolia and other countries that have used Chinese characters in history have now abandoned Chinese characters.
There is no accurate figure for the number of Chinese characters, but it is approximately close to 100,000. There are only a few thousand Chinese characters in daily use. According to statistics, 1,000 commonly used words can cover about 92% of written materials, 2,000 words can cover more than 98%, and 3,000 words have reached 99%. The statistical results of simplified and traditional Chinese are not much different.