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> On 29 Oct 2019, at 13:18, bil til <flyer31@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> But the basics of any writing is called Alphabet? (even the Chinese one is
> called Alphabet in English, although it contains neither alpha nor beta or
> anything nearly similar to this…).

No.  The Chinese writing system is not an alphabet; it is made up of ideographs and pictographs, which are drawings that represent general ideas/concepts or specific things.

This is very OT now, and if you want to learn more there are better places to find and discuss such information.  Wikipedia probably has good information to start with.

Chris
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Chris Smith <space.dandy@icloud.com>