At least Japanese has a phonetic syllabary to supplement the kanji. If Chinese had adopted Bopomofo [1] it would've solved a lot of problems (and no, pinyin is

At least Japanese has a phonetic syllabary to supplement the kanji. If Chinese had adopted Bopomofo [1] it would've solved a lot of problems (and no, pinyin is not a substitute since it sticks out like a sore thumb in writing). [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bopomofo