Countries (modern boundaries drawn) where <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_character" class="extiw" title="en:Chinese character">Chinese characters</a> were/are used in its official/dominant language or at least one of its official/dominant languages.
<ul><li><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:GREEN;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Chinese characters are used extensively</div></li>
<li><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#009f00;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Chinese characters are used but not as primary writing system</div></li>
<li><div class="legend" style="direction:ltr;line-height:23px;"><div class="legend-content" style="display:inline-block;vertical-align:top;box-sizing:border-box;width:34px;height:23px;overflow:hidden;font-size:15px;border:thin solid #333;background:#8aab8a;color:#202122;text-align:center;"> </div> Chinese characters were once used in the official language but are not used any more (North Korea, Mongolia and Vietnam).</div></li></ul>
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