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> I envy Chinese and Japanese; Up until the point you have to read and write them. Especially written Japanese, which is a giant mess of stuff they borrowed f
by ur-whale 1y ago
> I envy Chinese and Japanese;
Up until the point you have to read and write them.
Especially written Japanese, which is a giant mess of stuff they borrowed from the west, china as well as native stuff.
- Benanov 1y agoHangul fits Korean like a glove, at least.
- euleriancon 1y agoAt least with traditional Chinese, reading isn't as bad as people make it out to be. A lot of characters are pictophonetic characters(形聲), where one element describes the sound and the other meaning. While not perfect they allow a reader to guess with decent accuracy the meaning and pronunciation of a character they have never seen before.