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TAKANORI TOMITA's
Japanese tips, Japanese Language Newsletter
[Topic for Today: "Japanese Characters:
What is Kanji"]
Issued by http://www.DSFY.com
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Hi
This is Takanori Tomita
from DSFY.com:
Japanese symbol Kanji/Web Translation.
Topic for today is Japanese
Characters: What is Kanji?
But, before I explain about kanji, I should
tell you about three scripts Japanese people
use.
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" Japanese people use 3 different character
style"
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Did you know that we use 3 different scripts
to write?
These three scripts are kanji, hiragana and
katakana.
Each has its own specific function and the
three are used in combination within whole
texts.
So, we use the combination
of hiragana and kanji to translate the setence
with our Tattoo
Design custom kanji translation.
Now, Let's look at each
individually, beginning with kanji.
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What is Kanji?
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Kanji are ideographs which convey a specific
meaning, word or idea.
Here are 3 examples of
how pictographs are gradually standardized
into the kanji symbol used today.
These are very simple examples
but there are kanji symbol to represent
all aspects of language
including concepts, feelings and ideas.
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What is the difference betwen Chinese kanji?
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This is a question often asked by many people
who
are interested in Japanese symbols or characters
especially with Kanji.
As I said just before,
Japanese kanji is not appropriate for a long
sentence. So, Japanese kanji itself cannot
sometimes express a sentece. On the other
hand, with Chinese kanji, you can. This is
a big difference between Japanese kanji and
Chinese kanji.
Style of Kanji Japanese
people use is different to Chinese people
use. I personally think that Japanese kanji
is much easier writing than Chinese kanji.
So, that's why Chinese people don't understand
the sentence written in Japanese Kanji.
But, originally, kanji is a writing system
developed by Chinese in the 14th century which
spread to the Korean penisula and from there
to Japan. It's a fact.
By the way, if you would
like any English words to be translated into
Japanese symbols, click here
SAYANORA
Takanori Tomita
DSFY.com (Japanese symbol Kanji Trasnlation)
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