
"Clever, complex, yet concise and fun: This guide promises to engage language learners and curious readers." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Even though their dates of origin are millennia apart, the languages of Chinese and emoji share similarities that...

Chinese characters, or hanzi, are one of the oldest visual writing systems. Emoji weren't invented until the late 1990s. Chinese and emoji may not seem similar, but what happens when you combine them? Take this tree emoji, for example What if you used two of them? That would...