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It is said that some 50,000 kanji (Chinese characters) exist. However, many kanji are not necessarily used in daily life. The Japanese Ministry of Education designated 2,136 characters as Jooyoo Kanji, which are the most frequently used characters.
It would be very helpful to learn all Jooyoo Kanji, but the basic 1,000 characters are sufficient to read about 90% of the kanji used in a newspaper (about 60% with 500 characters).
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How many languages are related to Japanese?
Zero. Japanese is not related to any other language. There is a common misconception that Japanese is related to Chinese, but this is untrue. Japanese has borrowed many words and some of the writing system from Chinese, but the two language families are completely unrelated.
Why are some Japanese characters the same as Chinese characters?
Many Asian cultures were influenced by China. Japan is no exception. Before Japan's introduction to Chinese, they had no writing system. So Japan eventually adapted, as well as changed, the Chinese language, which explains why many Chinese characters are still used in the Japanese language. Also, a section of the modern Japanese language called 'kanji' consists of Chinese characters. == ==
How has Chinese culture affected Japanese culture?
The Chinese Empire covered part of Japan long ago. The Japanese had to pay tribute to the Chinese Emperors for many centuries. Naturally they affected the Japanese culture. The Japanese Language even has Chinese Characters (known as Kanji) in it.
Which language would you recommend Japanese or Chinese?
Many people learned Chinese and found that Chinese is not as hard as our imaged, we are like it, it is very interesting.hope you like to.
How many letters are in Chinese language?
There are over 50,000 characters in the Chinese language, but the language itself does not have an alphabet made up of individual letters like the English language. Instead, Chinese characters are used to represent words or parts of words.
Which language did the Roman language influence the least?
The Roman language didn't influence many other languages, including Chinese, Japanese, Inuit, Aborigine, Sami and many more.
What was the official language of the Japanese government for many years?
The official language of the Japanese government for many years was Classical Chinese, which was used in official documents and for communication with foreign diplomats. In the late 19th century, Japanese was promoted as the official language in government and education as part of modernization efforts.
How many symboys are there in the Chinese written language?
There are more than 80,000 Chinese words in the Chinese vocabulary. You however need to master only around 3,000 characters to be conversant in the language.
Japanese is the early stage of Chinese?
No - Japanese and Chinese are completely different languages - Chinese is a mono-syllabic tone language, and Japanese is a language where most words are multi-syllabic. China had developed a script thousands of years ago, before scholars and monks brought the Chinese script to Japan (around the year 400? - I am not sure). Then a peculiar way of writing in Chinese and pronouncing it in Japanese ("kan-bun") was developed in Japan, before abbreviated Chinese letters {"characters") were created with phonetic values corespoding to the Japanese system of syllables; These "letters" are the present day hiragana and katakana syllabaric letters, which are mixed in the same sentence - even the same word - witth Chinese characters. So both languages are completely different, but Japanese has a mixed writing system using also Chinese letters - and in the course of history, many Chinese words were introduced into the Japanese language - written with Chinese letters and pronounced in Japanee phonetics. Sorry - it is a long explanation - but the facts are quite complex.
Are Japanese and Chinese the same thing?
No. Japanese people come from Japan and speak the Japanese Language. On the other hand Chinese people come from China and speak a variety of Chinese Languages. If you look at an atlas all will be revealed.
Is there a major difference between the Japanese language and the Chinese language?
There are many differences between the two languages, but it takes time to spot them. Japanese is often written in kanji, which is Chinese calligraphy but is also made up of katakana and hiragana, two alphabets used only by the Japanese language. The language itself is very different, because it is a different country, culture and lifestyle. The number system is taken from the Chinese language, but it should be noted that Japanese has its own counting system that isn't recognized by many people striving to learn Japanese. It should be realized that these are two separate languages, and it would be a much shorter list to recognize the similarities rather than the differences.
Is it the richest language Chinese?
No. Chinese takes words and ideas from only one culture, but English takes words and ideas from many cultures around the world.
