Chinese writing system is logographic: This means that each character represents a word or morpheme (meaningful unit of language), not a single sound.
Origin of Chinese Writing:
* While the exact origins are unknown, it's believed to have evolved from pictographs (pictures representing objects) around the 16th century BC during the Shang dynasty.
* Over time, the pictographs became more stylized and abstract, evolving into the characters we know today.
Therefore, there wasn't a single inventor of the Chinese writing system. It emerged and developed gradually over centuries with contributions from many individuals and dynasties.