The Hanmoji Handbook

Download or read book The Hanmoji Handbook written by Jason Li and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2023-10-17 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Chinese characters, or hanzi, are one of the oldest visual writing systems. Emoji weren't invented until the late 1990s. Chinese and emoji may not seem similar, but what happens when you combine them? ... This is hanmoji, a colorful way of writing Chinese characters using emoji. The Hanmoji Handbook is a fun and memorable introduction to the Chinese language--but it also provides a window into how languages evolve, how they're shaped by technology, and what the parallel lives of Chinese and emoji can tell us about the future of language." - Back cover.