Less than 500, probably less than 200 characters are like that. Most are composed of a sound component and a meaning component, except there has been over a tho

Less than 500, probably less than 200 characters are like that. Most are composed of a sound component and a meaning component, except there has been over a thousand years for sound shifts to render the sound component misleading. If you want to learn more the Wikipedia article is a great place to start. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_characters