ThousandsRiddles are little poems or phrases that pose a question that needs answering. Riddles frequently rhyme, but this is not a requirement.I am thousands of years old,
but still growing. I am sometimes worth a thousand words, other times an empty box. I sometimes have many parts, sometimes just one. Though I always stay at home, you can visit me in any big city. AnswerChinese CharactersExtra info on Line number: 1-China claims a 5000 year history, a few thousand with a single written language (even when dialects have been incomprehensibly different). 2-Many new words/characters are added every year. 3-Some are pictograms. (most aren't!) 4-'Kou' is a character that looks like a rectangular box and means 'mouth.' 5-Characters have a meaningful main radical, and often have a 'sound-relation' character. 6-Some only have one part, like 'kou.' 7-You can easily find Characters in China... 8-...and in Chinatowns all over the world. Hide What Next?
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