> Since the characters are idiomatic, it also makes it easier to guess the meaning of a word or character you don't know than if they would have been written ou

> Since the characters are idiomatic, it also makes it easier to guess the meaning of a word or character you don't know than if they would have been written out phonetically. Ideographic, as in trying to portray ideas graphically, not idiomatic, as in using expressions like a native speaker