The Chinese characters are one of the oldestcharacters in the world, and are used by the mostusers. Chinese characters are up to 60,000, but onlyabout 6,000 basic ones are often used. As authoritiesestimate, Chinese characters have a history of over5,000 years, and they originate from pictures for keeping records. From ancient to moderntimes, the forms and structures of Chinese characters have changed much, evolving fromJiaguwen (oracle bone script), to Kaiti(regular script) we use now. In history, Chinesecharacters were borrowed by Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, thereby improving internationalcommunication. In modern times, Chinese people have by many means solved the problem ofinputting Chinese characters into computers to serve information processing. It has been borneout that Chinese characters are full of vigor and vitality.