How many Chinese characters are there in the world? I'm not sure there is a fixed answer, so you can tell me how many Chinese characters there are roughly. I will be very grateful for any answers.
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1Besides knowing how many "characters" there are, it should be noted that each character, (like words in any language) has more than one meaning. Thus the "meanings" attached to the characters far exceed the characters themselves, without even considering "compounds".– Wayne CheahCommented Sep 25, 2022 at 4:04
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@WayneCheah, yes you are right.– My CarCommented Sep 25, 2022 at 4:05
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There seems to be no fixed answer…– My CarCommented Sep 25, 2022 at 4:30
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1There are tons of weird, never-used characters in the Extended CJK part of Unicode.– Lily WhiteCommented Sep 25, 2022 at 12:36
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1@Becky 李蓓 Stupid act. Erase all, people still can read it. I don't really think you are qualified as a moderator though.– r13Commented Sep 29, 2022 at 22:34
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One of the largest Chinese character database “CNS11643中文標準交換碼全字庫” has a page which mentioned some figures:
全字庫
編碼字符數：116,327
現有字符數：108,633
Unicode
字面0：39,175
字面2：48,793
字面15：20,665
Total is: 108,633
A simple answer to your question is: more than a lakh.
