1·Instead of neat rows of 26 simple alphabetic letters, there are tens of thousands of unique characters formed with a varied number of strokes.
不像26个英语字母那么简洁，成千上万的单个中文字由不同的笔画组成。
2·One of the important symbols of Chinese Culture is Chinese character, which is much richer in cultural connotation when compared with alphabetic letters.
汉字是华夏文明的重要标志之一，与拼音文字相比，其文化内涵更为丰富。
3·To compact data by combining parts of the data, for example, to transform a two-word alphabetic key into a one-word numeric key by adding the numeric equivalents of the letters.
通过将数据的某些部分进行组合来压缩数据，例如，通过将一些字母的数字等值相加，可把两个字长的字母键词变换为一个字长的数字键词。
4·Movable-type printing was more practical, with a very limited number of symbols, such as the letters used in European alphabetic languages.
活字印刷术对于数目极少的符号文字如欧洲字母语言更加实用。