1. Modern Chinese characters refer to capitalized Chinese characters, including traditional Chinese characters and simplified Chinese characters. Modern Chinese characters have developed from Oracle Bone Inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, seal script and seal script to official script, cursive script, regular script and running script.
2. Chinese characters were invented and improved by Han ancestors, which is an indispensable link to maintain the Han dialect area.
3. Chinese characters have been used for the longest time so far, and they are also the only ones in various ghostwriting systems in ancient times. Chinese characters have always been the main official characters of China's dynasties.
4. Before the 20th century, it was the official writing standard of Japan, Korean Peninsula, Vietnam, Ryukyu and other countries, and all East Asian countries created their own Chinese characters to some extent. You know, Japanese, Korean Peninsula, Vietnamese and other countries were deeply influenced by China culture in history.
5. In the non-Chinese character system, Japan has formulated a list of commonly used Chinese characters, and South Korea has also formulated basic Chinese characters for education, while countries that used Chinese characters in history, such as Vietnam, North Korea and Mongolia, have now abandoned Chinese characters.