Japanese is originally a subculture character evolved from Chinese, so a large number of Chinese characters are mixed in the process of use, and many Chinese characters still retain the pronunciation and meaning of ancient Chinese, so many Japanese can understand Chinese skillfully, and even some older Japanese can write good calligraphy.
There are 2,500 Chinese characters commonly used in Japan, but only 3,500 Chinese characters are learned by primary school students in China, and 7,000 Chinese characters are commonly used by adults. There are many semi-literates under 3000 in China, and most Japanese can understand their Chinese characters. Although it sometimes causes misunderstanding, if it is related to the context, it can still achieve 70% to 80% communication efficiency.
Recently, a new way of cultural communication has emerged in Japan, that is, Japanese is completely eliminated, and then only Chinese characters are left with pseudonyms, and then actual communication can be carried out. This way of communication using only ancient Chinese characters has gradually become popular among Japanese teenagers.
This popular way of Chinese communication among Japanese young people shows the great vitality and inclusiveness of this China language and culture. It is an extremely scientific way of cultural communication and should be widely spread.
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The origin of Chinese characters:
Legend has it that Cang Xie created Chinese characters. Cang Xie inspired, classified, collected, arranged and utilized the footprints of birds and animals recorded in Shuo Wen Jie Zi, which played an important role in the creation of Chinese characters and was known as the "sage of word creation".
Oracle Bone Inscriptions, the earliest known mature Chinese character, appeared in Shang Dynasty, and Zhong Dingwen appeared later. Although the number of words increased, it did not change much.
Due to the vast territory of the Zhou Dynasty and the long-term separatist regime, Chinese characters obviously showed abnormal characters among vassal States at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, especially during the Warring States Period. In order to consolidate the rule after the unification of Qin Dynasty, Qin Shihuang ordered Prime Ministers Lisi, CZ Zhao Gao and Taishi Hu Wujing to sort out the characters, and based on the big seal script of Qin State, made the small seal script as the national standard font.
Later, according to the popular fonts at that time, a simpler font official script was compiled, which was widely circulated throughout the country as a common word.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Chinese Characters