Importance of kanji ~ for those struggling with kanji ~
Looooots of you have definitely struggled with learning KANJI ever in your life with Japanese...
“Why does Japanese use kanji even though they have Hiragana?”
... Anyways, Kanji is still essential for you leaning Japanese, so here I tried describing the importance of kanji.
Hope these motivate you learn KANJI!
1, Kanji is like Emoji - Easier to understand at a glance
・私は犬が好きです。
(watáshí wá inú ga sukí desu)
: I like dogs.
For Japanese, it looks like:
👩🏻 は 🐶 が ❤️ きです。
(watáshí wá inú ga sukí desu)
: I like dogs.
For Japanese, it looks like:
👩🏻 は 🐶 が ❤️ きです。
・日本へは飛行機で2時間です。
(nihón e wa h(i)kóuki de nijíkan desu)
: To Japan, it takes 2 hours by airplane.
For Japanese, it looks like:
🇯🇵 へは ✈️ で2 ⏰ です。
... Kanji gives us specific images which make us read faster and easier to understand the main points.
A demerit is that we cannot recognise how to read them. In Japan, that’s what teachers & parents teach kids.
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2, Requires a very few spaces when written!
A demerit is that we cannot recognise how to read them. In Japan, that’s what teachers & parents teach kids.
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2, Requires a very few spaces when written!
心理学 (shiń rí gaku) >> 3 letters
: psychology >> 10 letters
留学経験(ryuú gák(ú) kéiken)>> 4
: Study abroad experience >> 21
心理学 (shiń rí gaku) >> 3 letters
: psychology >> 10 letters
留学経験(ryuú gák(ú) kéiken)>> 4
: Study abroad experience >> 21
... Looking neater and tidier is always favourable in Japan!!
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3, Less work to memorise vocabularies - By capturing kanji as an image
Word: 有袋類 (yuú tái rui)
Kanji 1: 有 - having, existing
Kanji 2: 袋 - bag
Kanji 3: 類 - type
Actual meaning: marsupial - a “type” of mammal with a baby raised in a “pouch” of a mother’s belly. 🦘
Word: 腹膜炎 (h(u)kú mákú éń)
Kanji 1: 腹 - stomach
Kanji 2: 膜 - thin layer/ skin
Kanji 3: 炎 - fire, health trouble
Actual meaning: Peritonitis - having “sore” sheet/ “layer” of cells in “stomach”
... As long as you know the symbol/ image of each kanji, you can at least understand what a word means, even such academic terms.
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4, Joy of Word Play - with combinations of synonyms!
<<Examples>>
親友 (SHIŃ yúú): best friend
>> 心友(SHIŃ yúú): best friend from the heart
... Changing 親(shin): “close, parents” to another same-sounding kanji 心(shin): heart
家族葬(ka zók(ú) SOU): family funeral
>> 家族想(ka zók(ú) SOU): family “thinking”
... changing 葬(sou): “funeral” to 想(sou): “thinking of someone”
>> 家族想(ka zók(ú) SOU): family “thinking”
... changing 葬(sou): “funeral” to 想(sou): “thinking of someone”
From an ad about farming:
「 農food 農life 」
( “nou” food “nou” life )
... There’s a pun between the kanji 農(nou): farm, and "No" in English, therefore:
“No food No life” that’s why let’s have “Farm food Farm life”
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( “nou” food “nou” life )
... There’s a pun between the kanji 農(nou): farm, and "No" in English, therefore:
“No food No life” that’s why let’s have “Farm food Farm life”
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The importance of kanji - is to live in Japan, as well as to understand the cultural beauty in literature.
Actually, I can say that kanji is “unnecessary” if you only want to learn speaking. Historically, those people apart from Samurai and aristocrats were not able to write letters because there were a lot of differences between speaking and written languages.
However, there are kanji all around Japan since all the people are equally educated.
Although you can speak Japanese fluently, you won’t be able to make a living in Japan without being able to read and understand kanji.
コツコツと頑張(がんば)りましょう！
Try our best step by step!
Actually, I can say that kanji is “unnecessary” if you only want to learn speaking. Historically, those people apart from Samurai and aristocrats were not able to write letters because there were a lot of differences between speaking and written languages.
However, there are kanji all around Japan since all the people are equally educated.
Although you can speak Japanese fluently, you won’t be able to make a living in Japan without being able to read and understand kanji.
コツコツと頑張(がんば)りましょう！
Try our best step by step!
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