HONG KONG — Like every Chinese child, Li Hanwei spent her schooldays
memorising tens of thousands of the intricate characters that make up
the Chinese writing system.
Yet aged just 21 and now a university
student in Hong Kong, Li already finds that when she picks up a pen to
write, the characters for words as simple as "embarrassed" have slipped
from her mind.
"I can remember the shape, but I can?t remember the strokes that you need to write it," she says. "It?s a bit of a problem."
Surveys
indicate the phenomenon, dubbed "character amnesia", is widespread
across China, causing young Chinese to fear for the future of their
ancient writing system.
Young Japanese people also report the
problem, which is caused by the constant use of computers and mobile
phones with alphabet-based input systems.
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