Table 1

Mean and SDs of real characters

Frequency of Chinese charactersFrequency of English wordsAge of acquisitionImageabilityStroke count
List A3.58 (0.58)3.22 (0.54)3.48 (0.66)6.31 (0.52)8.29 (2.32)
List B3.58 (0.54)3.39 (0.61)3.57 (0.61)6.24 (0.66)8.44 (2.27)
Mean (SD)3.58 (0.56)3.31 (0.58)3.52 (0.64)6.27 (0.59)8.36 (2.29)