THE ROLE OF CHINESE CHARACTERS IN THE GLOBAL SOCIO-CULTURAL SPACE

Abstract

The Chinese civilization has the oldest written culture in the world. It is known that the Chinese writing is a hieroglyph. Chinese writing has a very important cultural significance due to its wide distribution and high status. Chinese characters have been used as a common writing system in various dialects and languages. In ancient Japan, Korea, and Vietnam, Chinese characters were the only official writing system. The article analyzes the role of the Chinese hieroglyphs as a linguistic mental factor influencing the transformation of the modern sociocultural space in the ecological environment. Chinese characters are read and written independently, and are used easily in other languages. For example, in ancient Japan, Korea and Vietnam, Chinese was not spoken, but Chinese was used. This played an important role in bringing together many dialectical groups who find it difficult to communicate with each other. Chinese writing has had a great influence on neighboring countries. The sphere of sharing Chinese graphics has also emerged. The historical stability of Chinese hieroglyphic writing, reflected in the sequence of lines, meanings and phonetic norms of each sign, shaped the structure of Chinese philologists, and writing has continuously served Chinese society for more than three thousand years.