Multiple choice

Chinese script was

  1. Pictographic

  2. Hieroglyphic

  3. Ideographic

  4. none of these
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B Correct answer
Explanation

The Chinese writing system is ideographic, where characters represent ideas or concepts rather than just sounds. Each character typically carries meaning and can stand alone as a word. This distinguishes Chinese from purely phonographic or alphabetic scripts where symbols primarily represent speech sounds. While early Chinese characters had pictographic origins, the modern system is fundamentally ideographic.

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