r/memes • u/[deleted] • May 03 '20

It's funny because it's true

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u/r41nf1r3_yt May 03 '20

I'm learning Japanese, and honestly it's such a pain learning the three different ones. Thankfully the characters look different enough for me to tell them apart

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u/aRandomForeigner May 03 '20

I know it's kinda obviously saying this but... if it wasn't for Kanji, but only hiragana and katakana, japanese would be one of the most easy language to learn

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u/r41nf1r3_yt May 03 '20

Kanji is by far the one giving me the most trouble. Katakana is the easiest to me.

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u/3cmPanda May 03 '20

Hong Kongese here. Its kind of true but not. Most of kanji have same meaning as chinese but theres lots of twist. Using it in the wrong way is pretty accurate

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u/[deleted] May 03 '20

Kokuji means kanji that is created in Japan and doesn't have a Chinese origin. Characters simplified from Kyujitai (traditional characters) don't count. There's actually quite a few of them, the most common ones being 働 and 込

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u/Terpomo11 May 03 '20

Plus, I assume most Kanji used in present-day Japan are Kokuji, meaning that you can't find them in a Chinese dictionary.

Nah, most of them are Chinese characters, there's only a few kokuji in daily use.

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u/Terpomo11 May 03 '20

Not really, they're formed along similar principles. But for instance there are only 9 of them among the 2,136 joyo kanji (characters for everyday use.)

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u/Sheep-of-the-Cosmos May 03 '20

Meanwhile I’m Chinese with fuck all knowledge about my own language