Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese - language of the Sino-Tibetan language family in written form (ISO 639-3: lzh) as opposed to the spoken, known as Old Chinese (ISO 639-3: och) or Middle Chinese (ISO 639-3: ltc). Article “Classical Chinese” in English Wikipedia has 50.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 40 references and 12 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.64 points.

This article has the best quality in Malay Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Classical Chinese” was edited by 6 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 14 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Classical Chinese”, its content was written by 358 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1302 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1167 times in English Wikipedia and cited 7425 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3556 in January 2003
• Global: #6462 in January 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #61165 in July 2010
• Global: #33921 in July 2020

There are 42 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Malay (ms) Bahasa Cina Klasik		91.5383
2	Russian (ru) Классический китайский язык		83.1676
3	German (de) Klassisches Chinesisch		55.0269
4	Chinese (zh) 文言文		53.9588
5	English (en) Classical Chinese		50.1709
6	Swedish (sv) Klassisk kinesiska		42.6278
7	Greek (el) Κλασική κινεζική γλώσσα		28.0877
8	Portuguese (pt) Chinês clássico		26.3717
9	Indonesian (id) Bahasa Tionghoa Klasik		25.7879
10	Hindi (hi) शास्त्रीय चीनी भाषा		24.871

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Classical Chinese" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Classical Chinese		1 816 067
2	Chinese (zh) 文言文		1 091 463
3	Japanese (ja) 漢文		811 066
4	Russian (ru) Классический китайский язык		245 387
5	German (de) Klassisches Chinesisch		143 248
6	Spanish (es) Chino clásico		129 803
7	Korean (ko) 한문		116 482
8	French (fr) Chinois classique		85 431
9	Polish (pl) Klasyczny język chiński		79 182
10	Vietnamese (vi) Văn ngôn		56 409

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Classical Chinese" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Classical Chinese		7 870
2	Japanese (ja) 漢文		3 726
3	Chinese (zh) 文言文		2 991
4	Russian (ru) Классический китайский язык		910
5	Vietnamese (vi) Văn ngôn		412
6	Spanish (es) Chino clásico		326
7	German (de) Klassisches Chinesisch		276
8	French (fr) Chinois classique		237
9	Korean (ko) 한문		194
10	Polish (pl) Klasyczny język chiński		129

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Classical Chinese" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Classical Chinese		358
2	Chinese (zh) 文言文		221
3	German (de) Klassisches Chinesisch		111
4	Japanese (ja) 漢文		111
5	French (fr) Chinois classique		70
6	Russian (ru) Классический китайский язык		48
7	Spanish (es) Chino clásico		42
8	Vietnamese (vi) Văn ngôn		39
9	Korean (ko) 한문		35
10	Dutch (nl) Klassiek Chinees		28

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Classical Chinese" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Classical Chinese		6
2	German (de) Klassisches Chinesisch		4
3	Azerbaijani (az) Klassik Çin dili		2
4	Simple English (simple) Classical Chinese		1
5	Ukrainian (uk) Класична китайська мова		1
6	Arabic (ar) اللغة الصينية الكلاسيكية		0
7	Belarusian (be) Вэньянь		0
8	Bulgarian (bg) Класически китайски език		0
9	Catalan (ca) Xinès clàssic		0
10	Czech (cs) Klasická čínština		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Classical Chinese" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 漢文		1 419
2	Chinese (zh) 文言文		1 404
3	English (en) Classical Chinese		1 167
4	Russian (ru) Классический китайский язык		392
5	French (fr) Chinois classique		372
6	Korean (ko) 한문		251
7	Ukrainian (uk) Класична китайська мова		212
8	Spanish (es) Chino clásico		180
9	Min Nan (zhminnan) Hàn-bûn		144
10	Vietnamese (vi) Văn ngôn		141

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic اللغة الصينية الكلاسيكية
az	Azerbaijani Klassik Çin dili
be	Belarusian Вэньянь
bg	Bulgarian Класически китайски език
ca	Catalan Xinès clàssic
cs	Czech Klasická čínština
de	German Klassisches Chinesisch
el	Greek Κλασική κινεζική γλώσσα
en	English Classical Chinese
eo	Esperanto Klasika ĉina lingvo
es	Spanish Chino clásico
et	Estonian Vanahiina kirjakeel
eu	Basque Txinera klasiko
fa	Persian زبان چینی کلاسیک
fr	French Chinois classique
gl	Galician Chinés clásico
he	Hebrew סינית קלאסית
hi	Hindi शास्त्रीय चीनी भाषा
hr	Croatian Literarni kineski
hu	Hungarian Klasszikus kínai nyelv
id	Indonesian Bahasa Tionghoa Klasik
it	Italian Cinese classico
ja	Japanese 漢文
kk	Kazakh Вэньянь
ko	Korean 한문
ms	Malay Bahasa Cina Klasik
nl	Dutch Klassiek Chinees
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Wenyan
no	Norwegian Wenyan
pl	Polish Klasyczny język chiński
pt	Portuguese Chinês clássico
ru	Russian Классический китайский язык
sh	Serbo-Croatian Klasični kineski jezik
simple	Simple English Classical Chinese
sk	Slovak Klasická čínština
sr	Serbian Класични кинески језик
sv	Swedish Klassisk kinesiska
tr	Turkish Klasik Çince
uk	Ukrainian Класична китайська мова
vi	Vietnamese Văn ngôn
zh	Chinese 文言文
zhminnan	Min Nan Hàn-bûn

Best Rank

English: #61165 07.2010

Global: #33921 07.2020

Best Rank

English: #3556 01.2003

Global: #6462 01.2003

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