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Contemplation on the Possibility of Globalization of Chinese Characters [1] DaeWon Suh (Yonsei university) How did China form and maintain a gigantic empire for a long period of time? This is a very interesting and at the same time a very earnest research subject. Although this problem is undoubtedly very complex and requires contemplation in various directions. The characteristics of ‘Hanzi’ (漢字 : Chinese characters) is also regarded as one of the significant elements. In order to examine the possibility of globalization of ‘Hanzi’, this thesis has researched the characteristics of ‘Hanzi’ and the partial reason for the worldly transformation of the past Hanzi Tianxia(天下). ‘Tianxia(天下)’ is a Chinese concept that refers to the ‘whole world’ which is similar in meaning to the current ‘globalization’ and can become the basis for fundamental understanding of possibility of future globalization. Hanzi is composed of 3 characteristics. For example, ‘國’ is 字形, ‘country’ is 字義, and ‘guk(in korea)’ is ‘字音’. Such ‘Xing-Yin-Yi’ (形․音․義 : shape- sound-meaning) form the 3 elements of 'Hanzi. When observing the history and reality of ‘Hanzi’, character shape and meaning tend to be very stable while the sound is fluid. This is because ‘'Hanzi’ has been adapted to the public composed of several ethnicities that uses several languages. ‘Hanzi’ is relatively distant from language and close to meaning. This signifies that ‘'Hanzi’ possesses favorable conditions for adapting in the world composed of several cultures and languages.