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minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoA) Kanji are Chinese characters. B) Both languages simplified their characters, but Chinese was actually more aggressive in simplifying than Japanese, not the other way around. For example, look at the character for turtle: Traditional Chinese: 龜 Simplified Chinese: 龟 Japanese: 亀
A) Kanji are Chinese characters.
B) Both languages simplified their characters, but Chinese was actually more aggressive in simplifying than Japanese, not the other way around.
For example, look at the character for turtle:
Traditional Chinese: 龜
Simplified Chinese: 龟
Japanese: 亀