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Chinese Characters

The logographic script in which the Chinese Buddhist canon and the Confucian and Taoist classics are written, shared across mutually unintelligible spoken languages.

Languages Written in This Script

Classical Classical Chinese The written language of imperial China: of the Confucian and Taoist classics and of the Chinese Buddhist canon. Sino-Tibetan Classical Classical Japanese The classical written language of Japan, in which the norito prayers and the early chronicles are composed. Japonic

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