- Ancient Chinese writing consisted of two characters, the traditional Chinese character and the simplified Chinese character. These characters were used to represent the spoken Chinese.
- They contained the rules regarding their arrangement and the way they should be punctuated. In ancient Chinese characters, alphabets or a compact syllabary were absent.
- The ancient Chinese character was also known as the Han character.
- The Chinese characters were standardized only in Qin Dynasty . Over the years, the Chinese characters have evolved into well-developed styles of Chinese calligraphy.
- Written Chinese is considered to be oldest language which is actively used now also.
- The earliest specimen of ancient Chinese character is as old as the Shang period (1200 BC). They are also knows as Oracle Bones inscriptions. They were found near the present-day Anyang, Henan province, the last Shang capital.