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Origin and Evolution of Chinese Characters
Chinese characters are pictograms. Who created them? A popular belief from as early as the Warring States period (fifth–third centuries BCE) has it that the Chinese characters were created by Cangjie, a legendary scribe under the Yellow Emperor.