[Oh, Korra. The family thing really makes no sense at all, but Bart will just nod rather than try to explain it.]

Yep. I know English though. Obviously, 'cause I'm using it. I meant that each letter represents a sound, and they only turn into words when you put them together.

Chinese is logosyllabic, right? Sorry. I didn't mean to use a big word like that. I mean that Chinese characters are for whole syllables. I can't think of an easier word for syllable.