Courtesy of People's Daily Overseas Edition. How much do you really know about Chinese characters? Beyond writing, do you ...

When writing Chinese characters, missing the ‘center’ is problematic. The written characters become distorted. They lose their neatness, failing to capture the aesthetic sense (美感) of the script.

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Although not found in early Chinese characters such as oracle bone script, the character "Han" (漢) represents the cultural identity of China. It is unclear how it came to be established in this form.

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