What is used to write Asian languages?
characters
What kind?
CJKV characters
Do they use them in Japanese?
yes
What do they call them?
kanji
What are they in standard Chinese?
Hanzi
In Korean?
hanja
What do they use in Vietnam?
a system known as chữ Nôm
What are they referred to as in English?
Han characters
How many Chinese characters are there?
the tens of thousands
How many should you know to be literate in Chinese?
between three and four thousand characters
How many forms are there?
There are various national standard lists of characters, forms, and pronunciations
Where do they use traditional characters?
In South Korea
What kind do they use in Malaysia?
Simplified forms of certain characters
What about in Hong Kong?
A traditional variant
How many characters would you learn in a secondary school in Japan?
2,136
What is that group called?
the Jōyō kanji
Do they use more than that on a daily basis?
yes
When do they start learning them in South Korea?
the 7th grade
When do they stop?
the 12th grade
How many do they learn?
1,800