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there are over 80,000 characters, but many are no longer in use or are obscure terms not used in every day life.

Chinese, however, will have an indefinite amount of characters, as there is no limit on what characters may be formed. It is, after all, a living language, meaning it changes with time, just like English and other languages today.

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