The Japanese writing was based on China's characters :)
Much of the Japanese written language is based on kanji. The Kanji came from China. The Japanese then added Katakana and Hirakana to provide additional ways of writing.
The Japanese writing system, known as kanji, is based on Chinese characters. Kanji are adopted characters from Chinese writing, with each character representing a word or concept. In addition to kanji, the Japanese writing system also includes hiragana and katakana, which are syllabic scripts.
Kanji is a type language in Japan. It is Japanese writing.
Generally, the Japanese and anyone else who knows how to.
The current Japanese writing systems of kana and kanji is largely influenced by Chinese characters. The kana themselves are derived from certain key Chinese characters, while kanji (literally means "Chinese/Han characters") are partially unmodified from Chinese characters (but that may change in a matter of time).
Masaru Hiroshima has written: 'Shahon no yomikata' -- subject(s): Cursive writing, Japanese Paleography, Japanese language, Kana, Paleography, Japanese, Writing
Osaka can be written in Japanese as: 大阪
China
- ニレ (Nire)
The Chinese symbols.
Japanese and Chinese writings are different, but in some cases use the same characters.Japanese uses different writing systems:Hirigana - Used for native Japanese wordsKatakana - Mainly used when writing foreign wordsKanji - These are characters that were borrowed from the Chinese WritingRomaji - This is used when writing Japanese characters with the Latin AlphabetChinese uses characters that they call Hanzi.Hanzi is called by different names in other countries. But in Japanese it is called Kanji.Kanji are the Chinese characters that the Japanese use along with their other writing systems (Hirigana & Katakana) . Though in Japanese one character of Kanji and represent many syllables.
In Japanese, calligraphy is called shodou, or "the way of writing".