The Chinese (Traditional) translation consists of 2202 characters (UTF-32). The English translation consists of 8555 characters. This amounts to ~3.88 English letters per Chinese character, quite a bit more than "two or three".
None of the actual syllabaries get even close to the density of Chinese. Korean, the closest comparison point (a true syllabary) clocks in at 3856 characters - a far cry from 2202.
The Chinese (Traditional) translation consists of 2202 characters (UTF-32). The English translation consists of 8555 characters. This amounts to ~3.88 English letters per Chinese character, quite a bit more than "two or three".
None of the actual syllabaries get even close to the density of Chinese. Korean, the closest comparison point (a true syllabary) clocks in at 3856 characters - a far cry from 2202.