So what's with the Chinese characters thing? I've heard that there are Chinese characters in… - Feed Post by lu11
So what's with the Chinese characters thing? I've heard that there are Chinese characters in Japanese, is that true? If so, why?
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Kanji symbols were originally Chinese and adopted by Japanese but the date isn't known when they adopted it. Although they may look the same they have completely different sounds and meanings, so a normal japanese person can't read chinese kanji and visa versa. Japanese actually have two different ways of reading kanji because of it: http://www.tofugu.com/2010/03/23/the-types-of-kanji-in-japanese-onyomi-vs-kunyomi/
Japanese weren't the only ones to do this, Koreans have a system they adopted from them as well called Hanja.- Kanji symbols were originally Chinese and adopted by Japanese but the date isn't known when they adopted it. Although they may look the same they have completely different sounds and meanings, so a normal japanese person can't read chinese kanji and visa versa. Japanese actually have two different ways of reading kanji because of it: http://www.tofugu.com/2010/03/23/the-types-of-kanji-in-japanese-onyomi-vs-kunyomi/
Japanese weren't the only ones to do this, Koreans have a system they adopted from them as well called Hanja. - Whoa, sorry for posting twice. :/
- Whoa, sorry for posting twice. :/
- This video might be helpful for learning different terms, it was to me. Even if you don't get it right away, its still good to know because it covers a lot in a short space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6qe3wo1Dis&list=PLnw1nQldxOUC72wp83PmLKFIh7Kvi4Wsf&index=2
okay thanks so much- Yep!
Uhm, you know what? I threw a looot at you. This by far is the simplest explanation and easiest to understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Etxdd0ktkaA
Even that's somewhat complicated because the japanese language itself is often considered one of the hardest languages to learn, which is talked about much more simply here:http://www.languagerealm.com/japanese/hardestlanguage_jp.php
