Does 漢字 (kanji) have all characters as chinese characters do - Feed Post by Mallard
Does 漢字 (kanji) have all characters as chinese characters do
posted by Mallard
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not all kanji is the same as chinese characters.
some of them are the same but different in pronunciation.
kanji i came from chinese, you can read more about kanji from Jackbosma's Links.
i'll just give some example
一二三四五六七八九十 that is numbers in japanese, same as chinese? yes!.
reading? nope.
1 to 10
jp: いち、に、さん、し/よん、ご、ろく、なな/しち、はち、きゅう、じゅう。
chn yī èr sān sì wǔ liù qī bā jiǔ shí
only some of the have the same reading *notice 3&4 and perhaps 9.
and many others :3
Here's a cool site that charts the Chinese characters commonly used in Japan, China and Korea (although Korea is cutting back on Chinese characters).
http://en.tcs-asia.org/dnb/user/userpage.php?lpage=4_3_5_chinese_characters
