Why do Japanese use Chinese words?

To accommodate differences, the Japanese used Chinese characters not just for their meaning, but also for phonetic purposes. As cursive became more common in writing the characters, the phonetic characters began getting more simplified in appearance.

Why do Japanese people like Chinese words?

The Japanese language originally only made use of hiragana (ひらがな, the “original” Japanese words that are not Chinese) but after trading started between China and Japan, Chinese words were “brought over” into Japan.

Is Japanese based off Chinese?

The Japanese language is not derived from Chinese as evidenced by significant differences in grammar, syntax, and vocabulary for everyday words. The Japanese lexicon does include a large number of Chinese loanwords and the use of kanji to write those loanwords as well as many native Japanese words.

Do Japanese still use kanji?

Yes, it’s true. Japanese has three completely separate sets of characters, called kanji, hiragana, and katakana, that are used in reading and writing. That first rendering of “Tokyo” is in kanji, with the hiragana version next, and the katakana one at the bottom.

Why do people still use kanji in Japanese?

That is because kanji is what differentiate all the different homonyms and homophones etc. When you learn the kanji and the meaning associated with it, you can use it to differentiate all the different homonyms. This will make it clear unlike using kana only. Besides, have you ever asked yourself why do they still want to use kanji?

Is it easy to learn Chinese characters?

Chinese characters are not easy to learn. If they were no longer taught on a regular basis, the majority of people would never learn them. Success: Japanese uses two phonetic scripts, Latin letters, and between 1000 and 3000 Chinese characters, and yet Japan boasts nearly 100\% literacy.

Why was pinyin written in a specific form?

Any phonetic writing system, such as pinyin, must be written in a specific form of the language. The standardization of Chinese characters under Qin rule (221–206 BCE) was a political act among many instituted by the Qin ruler to exert solid political control.

Did ancient China have a writing system?

While China has never been as completely isolated as legend would have it, the trade routes across Central Asia were formidable. Scholars debate whether the Chinese writing system was informed by knowledge of the Mesopotamians, but it is likely to have been an independent invention.