Some Written Languages, Such as Chinese and Japanese, Use Tens

Multiple Choice

Some written languages, such as Chinese and Japanese, use tens of thousands of different characters. If a language uses 4,096 characters, a computer code for this language would have to use how many bits (1 or 0) per character ?

A) 2 bits
B) 12 bits
C) 24 bits
D) 2,048 bits
E) 144 bits