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It actually works the same way in Japanese. Radicals give rough clues about meanings as well as pronunciation. Similar looking kanji do read similarly. It's jus
by numpad0 1y ago
It actually works the same way in Japanese. Radicals give rough clues about meanings as well as pronunciation. Similar looking kanji do read similarly. It's just... you can read pronounce "brochures" in either French style or in Southern American, and which one is more appropriate depends.
edit: Simple examples:
- 臆 and 億
- 誤 and 語
- 諦 and 締
- xandrius 1y agoNot always, as I wrote in another comment this is because of the Japanese script reform for "modernising" and simplifying the script. So sometimes kanji look similar but are not. More info at: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_script_reform#Mazegaki https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_script_reform#Mazeg...
- numpad0 1y agoSo, I don't know what to say, but to be honest, I never even thought 千 and 干 can be considered similar...
- coffeeling 1y ago皮 彼 波
- numpad0 1y agopi, hi, ha?
- coffeeling 1y ago皮 kawa 彼 kare 波 nami