Type Logographic Languages Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Okinawan, Vietnamese (formerly), Zhuang Time period Bronze Age China to present Parent systems Oracle bone script Chinese characters Direction Left-to-right ISO 15924 Hani, 500 Unicode alias Han This article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Chinese characters Hanzi.svg Hanzi (Chinese character) in traditional (left) and simplified form (right) Chinese name Simplified Chinese 汉字 Traditional Chinese 漢字 Literal meaning Han characters Transcriptions Vietnamese name Vietnamese Hán tự Hán-Nôm 漢字 Zhuang name Zhuang ?倱[1] Sawgun Korean name Hangul 한자 Hanja 漢字