What are some differences between Japanese writing and Chinese writing?

Answer 1

The Kanji of Japan is a direct copy of the Chinese characters. Japan has two additional alphabets that are used for 'spelling' words that the Chinese do not use. While the kanji characters are identical between the two languages, they don't always mean the same thing.

Answer 2

Chinese uses a system of more than 60,000 different symbols that represent words, ideas, and names.

Japanese only borrows about 2,000 of these Chinese symbols. It also uses 2 "alphabet-like" systems called syllabaries, which represent sounds. To write a Japanese sentence, you would use a mixture of these three writing systems.

A person who only reads Chinese cannot read Japanese, and vice versa. However, they may be able to understand some symbols. [Note that Chinese symbols used in Japanese don't always have the same meaning as they do in Chinese]

Answer 3

They are completely different.

Korean has an actual alphabet, where one sound is represented by one symbol, just like English. Japanese has a set of about 2000 symbols that represent whole words or ideas, plus 2 other sets of symbols that represent whole syllables (consonant + vowel).

See below for an example of what the two languages look like:

Answer:

Yes, they are written differently. Here's an example:

English: Languages are all different but based on most of the same original ones; Latin, Greek, and Roman.

Japanese: 言語はすべて異なるが、同じオリジナルのもののほとんどに基づいています。ラテン語、ギリシャ語、ローマ。

Korean: 언어는 서로 다른 그러나 같은 원래의 사람의 대부분을 기초로 산출되며, 라틴어, 그리스어, 로마.

I suppose they're wrtten differently in plenty of different ways. For one, Japanese tends to use more lines and meticulous, intricate patterns, while Korean is more basic and spacious. Both are written plenty different from English, as you can tell. They both put words in different orders than we do, for instance. Japanese uses both curved and straight lines, as Korean uses mostly straight.

I hope I helped!