Disregarding your question, which others have answered plenty well already, I fi...

Kronopath on April 22, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why Chinese Is So Damn Hard (1992)

Disregarding your question, which others have answered plenty well already, I find it funny that you refer to them as hieroglyphics, since actual Egyptian hieroglyphics ended up being discovered to be phonetic as well!

damaohouzi on April 22, 2014 [–]

partially phonetic