How to write Japanese Kanji, simplified and traditional Chinese characters | Neat Handwriting

How to write Japanese Kanji, simplified and traditional Chinese characters | Neat Handwriting

[@phannhan2024]

If you study Han characters long enough you will realize how consistent and logical the Traditional systems are, they can appear tricky to memorize at first because of their many strokes but once you've learnt all the Radicals and get used to their phonetic components, they'll become much easier to deal with. And they're also the most popular systems to do Calligraphy, Han Calligraphy only looks good in Traditional form.

[@izak5775]

I agree

[@dandanovich6729]

Though still they are horribly inefficient in both effort spent to memorize and to write them

[@user-zu3wq3lf3h]

@@dandanovich6729 They require just as long as memorizing simplified characters, the only benefit of simplified is hand-writing, which people don't really do as much nowadays unfortunately.

[@user-zu3wq3lf3h]

Considering that simplifed forms often are based on cursive forms that have already existed for centuries, there's nothing wrong with calligraphy using simplified characters. Most calligraphy in general was done in cursive, so the only thing that has really changed in calligraphy is the underlying part we don't really see.

[@West-for-Whites_NonWhites-Out]

Oh look, MORE Chinese narcissism!

[@peggy7192]

As a traditional Chinese character user, I admire your beautiful hand-writing👍 Even I probably can’t write as neatly as you😅

[@letianli3521]

他是书法家，你咋可能比他写的好。。。

[@user-mc5kx1ou8z]

不知道你们高考作文要多少字，我们这边1000字差不多45分钟之内写完就感觉很累了，繁体字岂不是要把手写断😂

[@laijim224]

@@user-mc5kx1ou8z 字數上感覺是差不多，時間或許多十分鐘嗎，有些忘了，但寫完手很痠是真的

[@YY-05]

我们怎么跟个书法家比😂

[@peggy7192]

1. 哈哈 沒錯 我一開始看這部時不知道他原來是書法家。不過我想只要有心練，還是誰都可以把字寫的很美，比不比較是個人美感差異。 2. 同意上面zh發言，寫到一半的時候就會開始邊寫邊甩手，因為真的很酸🤣

[@Battker]

Good work! I'd like to present another set with remarkable differences: 芸 艺 藝 Because this set clearly demonstrates divergence between all three, it is a good example of the same kind as those shown in this video. I enjoy seeing the creative differences.

[@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044]

藝 is sometimes used in Japanese as well, for example the Tokyo University of the Arts can be written both as 東京藝術大学 or 東京芸術大学... However 学 is always kept in its more recent shinjitai form, but in the past it was probably written as 學

[@fengshi4284]

芸 also exists in simplified Chinese, but it has a totally different meaning.

[@poopeeeeks]

Many more... 対 对 對 発 发 發 売 卖 賣 実 实 實 竜 龙 龍 And my surname lol: 呉 吴 吳

[@snowykoyuki]

剣剑劍

[@uamdbro]

@@poopeeeeks 发 in simplified Chinese is annoying because it's actually two different characters in traditional （發 and 髮）.

[@bluesky70112]

感謝演算法，看人寫字真的好療愈 而且字真的寫得超漂亮的

[@urdev65]

Re-define beautiful

[@xuan3447]

我倒覺得某人的嘴巴很臭..

[@yangsong6365]

审美不同，但是真的好像大陆这边小学生的字帖

[@bluesky70112]

嗨，樓上的各位，換樓吵可以嗎，不然我會一直收到通知XDDDD

[@jasonyu8918]

这个在大陆好像叫硬笔书法吧，感觉还是繁体字最难写好啊。我们从大陆出来的能看懂但是能写出来就是另一回事了😂

[@sheiyo6638]

Thank you for sharing!! I’m proud of myself as a traditional Chinese character user😂それぞれの違う所が面白いと思います！簡字跟日文漢字閱讀上也沒什麼障礙，但就是喜歡繁體字整篇看起來的樣子。

[@ryohanda4037]

只是寫起來狗幹累

[@sheiyo6638]

@@ryohanda4037 尤其看他一口氣寫三種對照那秒數特別有感🤣簡直要爲自己起立鼓掌

[@mango_mochi]

Me too! As a Korean I always use traditional ones! When I learn Japanese or simplified Chinese, I go like "what?!"... 繁體最高ㅋㅋㅋ

[@stuckupthenose]

@@mango_mochi ha l love traditional 2, its beautiful !

[@WaterDad]

@@mango_mochi 感觉日文汉字和简体字都是对繁体的简化，更好传播和学习，but！繁體賽高！

[@Patty-bo4ln]

Amazingly soothing and satisfying to watch you write! Beautiful handwriting

[@insweetsoul]

Traditional chinese characters are still used in Korea and Taiwan. There are so many words that were made from Chinese characters in Korean, so it is really useful and helpful to know the meaning of each Chinese character when learning Korean. 表記は違っても日本語を学んで漢字に詳しくなってから、漢字の意味で作られた韓国語(母国語)の単語をより深く理解できるようになったからありがたい

[@bubblefishhk4336]

And Hong Kong and Macau! We are the traditional gang too!

[@user-lj2zq4gx2n]

Korea is still using tang's character And the Korean word which is made from Chinese characters, we call this "hanjaeo" 한자어 Hanjaeo in Korean language is same as latin words in English

[@barbiebarbie1813]

The ancient Korean Peninsula("朝鮮" is the name of China) has always been a place where Chinese territory and Chinese regime. Until 1900. Yi Seong-GYE 李成桂(1335-1408) established a Chinese local regime on the peninsula . He is very sure that he is the descendant of Chinese immigrants (Yi Seong-GYE 's father is the Han people - Chinese). Yi Seong-Gye 李成桂 leads some Chinese people to establish a Chinese local regime on the peninsula (Chinese royal family and nobles). The aristocracy also claims to be HanChinese. They use the Chinese emperor as their parents. Tribute to China like other Chinese cities. The founders and royal members of the ancient Korean dynasty (Joseon) were Chinese. They spoke Chinese dialects and official Chinese language. Use Chinese characters. Wearing Han nationality clothing. Building a small Chinese palace on the peninsula (Gyeongbok palace景福宮).Royal members use Chinese coins. They bring Chinese culture to the Korean Peninsula. Koreans are called as slaves (become subordinate civilians). They were wearing pure white (no dyes and technology) and women showing her nipples as beauty. This is the traditional custom of Korean . However, the Chinese emperor on the peninsula has always forbid slaves and indigenous Koreans to learn Chinese language and Chinese characters. Koreans use indigenous language (Korean language). There are no character (until the 15th century). Almost all of them are illiterate. No coins. The trading of ancient Koreans has always been carried out in the way of exchanging items. (Until 1910). Until 1895. China was in a war of foreign invasion.China loses the right to control and protect "Joseon ". 1900 was occupied by the Korean Peninsula in Japan. The Japanese abolished Chinese language and Chinese characters. The Korean language and character (invention of the 15th century) of indigenous language began to popularize on the peninsula. >>> * In 1948, the Koreans renamed the "Chinese City 漢城" to "Seoul" ------------------------------ Goryeo's founding king-Wang Jian (王建). Wang Jian (王建) is very obviously the immigrants or descendants of the Han people (whether the culture of clothes is the Han culture), this possibility is quite high. Because Wang Jian is the descendant of the Chinese (Han), the regime he has established follows the abbreviation of the ancient country Goguryeo, as the new national name Goryeo. The Korean at the southern end of the peninsula were called as workers and slaves (wearing pure white clothes and women to show nipples). Later, they became the civilians of Goryeo . The history of the Korean nation is the history of slave. They have never sovereignty. The Founder of Goguryeo, JUMONG(朱蒙) Is Actually Chinese Pronunciation. Goguryeo is one of the Chinese regimes of the northern region established by the Chinese people. Baekje, Silla, Goryeo, Joseon ... It is also a regional regime established by the Chinese. They are all jurisdictions in China.. Their royal nobles (Chinese immigrant) are not the same ethnicity with civilians slave (Indigenous Korean ). The royal nobles are descendants of the Chinese. Civilian slaves are indigenous Koreans. Baekje, Silla, Goryeo, Joseon ... their king and nobles are proficient in Chinese language. They use Chinese character. Their king and nobles can communicate with Chinese without resistance. Long -term exchanges with Chinese people. Using Chinese language and character represents noble identity. (They use the Chinese name . Chinese governance method. Put Chinese emperor as parents. Wear Chinese nation clothes. Use Han culture the same. ) Their king used various methods to limit class mobility to avoid others from becoming "nobles". Their people and slaves are forbidden to use and learn Chinese character. These people use Korean language. There are no character (until the 15th century). Almost all are illiterate. Until 1895. China was in a war of foreign invasion.China loses the right to control and protect "Joseon ". 1900 was occupied by the Korean Peninsula in Japan. The Japanese abolished Chinese language and Chinese characters. The Korean language and character (invention of the 15th century) of indigenous language began to popularize on the peninsula. ------------------------------ In 2003, China had applied for UNESCO to apply for the legacy of Goguryeo King City, king Tombs and aristocratic tombs, and was agreed. In fact, as early as 3 years ago, Korea applied for UNESCO. But it was rejected. Because Goguryeo is the history of the Han people in northern China. It is not Korean history and culture at all. * UNESCO = the United Nations Teaching and Science Organization * The people of goguryeo (and Baekje king, Silla king, Goryeo king, Joseon li king) are wearing Chinese han Clothing. They believe in Taiist Culture, Dragon Culture and Chinese God Beasts. 20 years ago, Koreans stole the murals and murals and of Chinese Goguryeo in China 20 years ago. Some unearthed cultural relics, creating a large number of fake history and historical TV series, this is very shameful.

[@insweetsoul]

@@barbiebarbie1813 crazy China get out of my comment Don't destroy the history. 反对习近平领导的自由'的讲演听好了。现在是付诸行动的时候了

[@vincentgallagher_]

​@@bubblefishhk4336 去死啦，和台灣比你們算什麼

[@ChrisZ901]

What's interesting is that even though Japan and China both went through their own versions of simplifications, I have no problem recognizing the Japanese version even when seeing them for the first time (often in video games). I can read both simplified and traditional Chinese by the way, regrettably I do not write as enough these days as modern technology has moved writing to typing. Really hope to get back into calligraphy when I get time

[@Wilson-fi6rk]

的确如此

[@user-vw7jc7ne4g]

If you added some sweet chill-out, dreamcore, soft pop, vibe tunes to these videos I think they'd go viral in a week or two. I already binge-watch these daily. Great stuff.

[@andrewlim7751]

Pop song are the best form to learn a language.

[@sg-te9pu]

this is so beautiful 😭 and satisfying to watch

[@emers1117]

筆字真美，繁體中文真的藝術

[@user-qs1gw3ku7w]

但是龜寫錯了(´；ω；｀)

[@kittsupremacy6827]

@@user-qs1gw3ku7w yes

[@user-rl4tb9jz6o]

嗯？龜錯在哪….？

[@user-wi9ut5nf1e]

@@user-rl4tb9jz6o 右邊那一豎凸出來了

[@gameDevDy]

@@user-qs1gw3ku7w 你们那边“龟”字好难写啊😨

[@francesyu3368]

As a traditional Chinese user, it’s easy for me to read Japanese Kanji and simplified Chinese characters; but one thing is very interesting, sometimes we write “simplified Chinese characters” are not REAL simplified ones, which are the same as Japanese kanji, especially “salt”,”evil” and “light”

[@julianzou1195]

因为简体字系统也是经过系统研究的。比较有趣的是，简化字系统是KMT最早做的，因为政治原因，为了反对CCP反而造成今天的局面

[@mulmul3256]

the hand-writing is soooo beautiful😍

[@vister6757]

Your handwriting is absolutely gorgeous

[@hujin4378]

OMG 😳 you know kokuji and both of simplified & traditional Chinese words. Kudos!!! Very talented guy. I’m afraid you are born to write handsome calligraphy! 😄

[@kamfungwong7982]

The traditional Chinese characters are so sophisticated! There are many more nuances to it. Proud to be a traditional Chinese user!

[@user-vr6up6qw5n]

假如说真的写那个“龜”，我得头疼死。

[@starf1are505]

My friends from Taiwan says when they study for exams they write characters in a sketchy way (kinda simplified but unlike mainland) to save time so maybe typing is way easier than writing it

[@lingzhang6193]

金典的案例:憂鬱的臺灣烏龜和忧郁的台湾乌龟，簡體字總感覺少了些什麼，但是一落實在筆上就不一樣了

[@zhengxxvv]

所以你们语文（国文）考试最后的作文题，是要求500字还是800字😅

[@yunny2597]

@@zhengxxvv 要求是800字以下 90分鐘有兩題 論述跟情感 還有幾題小題要三行內答完 不可以寫簡體（除非是通用字像是「台」） 當初我考完作文我手真的在抖：）

[@swrutra]

Finally the three variants of each Chinese character together! Personally, I think that anybody who ventures into learning either Japanese, Chinese or Korean should learn the three of them, and not forgetting to learn Chinese with both simplified and traditional characters. Even though Japanese and Korean are not genealogically related to Chinese, the sheer amount of Chinese-origin words in these languages makes learning each language much more easily when you compare those three languages simultaneously. I wouldn't ever be able to learn any Korean if I had not a basic knowledge of Japanese as a reference; and now that I am trying to learn Chinese in both scripts simultaneously, the Japanese kanji are so much easier to understand and memorize. Moreover, learning the corresponding hanja for each Korean word of Chinese origin helps you not only memorize traditional Chinese characters, but also understand the transformation that simplified kanji underwent in Japanese, and, of course, it's easier for you to memorize a given Sino-Korean word when you can compare it to its Japanese counterpart. Having learned Japanese previously, when I come across a given Korean word and look for it in a dictionary, if that word has a corresponding hanja (meaning that it has a Chinese root), then I don't need to look at any further translation. For example, the Japanese and Korean words for "animal" are "dou-butsu" and "dong-mul" respectively; looking at "dong-mul" in Korean script (동물) you may not realize at first that it is related to Japanese "dou-butsu" (動物). But when you look up "dong-mul" / 동물 in a Korean dictionary and notice its hanja transcription as 動物, then you don't need any further explanation of the word. It's much easier to memorize "dong-mul" with the visual reference that the hanja provides. Maybe I'm a weird guy and everybody else would stick to just one language. But, oddly enough, I found the simultaneous study of Chinese, Japanese and Korean... complementary!

[@kameronpan2939]

Found 808CJK's alt account lmao

[@codenamev9375]

As a simp + trad chinese native speaker I would say it is not easy to learn both of them at the same time. Take myself for example, when I write a trad chinese character to be frankly I sometimes forget what it is like in simp chinese. I do really get them confused even I can read them very well. My suggestion is just choose one of them to learn, after you become proficient in that one you will be able to read most of jpn or kor or whatever chinese characters, any of them, without translation

[@FromOrcToUD]

Educated native Chinese speakers can 100% read both simplified and triditional Chinese characters. For me, I spent about 3 months learning how to write triditional Chinese characters.

[@cuongpham6218]

This applies for Vietnamese too, as it was under Chinese rule for more than 1000 years and so absorbed a lot of Chinese cultural elements, including vocabulary. 動物 is also a common Vietnamese word, read as "động vật".

[@jasonhome98]

Once you learn traditional Chinese characters, you can recognize any variation of Chinese characters with ease!

[@user-nc7vl4rk3i]

こうやって見ると現代の日本で使われる漢字って見栄え良くて書きやすいな

[@Weeping-Angel]

I want more of this type of videos. It is too satisfying!!!

[@cyj0408]

Thank you for your sharing! As a Traditional system person, from the examples you took which helped me to realize that Japanese Kanji was the more often substitution during my days growing up when people I met wanted to speed up sometimes, and I did not aware of that was not Simplified system but Kanji back then even until today. Which is new to me.

[@Hyakudai-me]

繁体字は、幼少期、明治生まれの方々が、書いてましたわ！昭和に生まれてよかったです。

[@helenteo9355]

Wow.. your hand writings were neat and tidy.. how I wish that I can also write as good as yours

[@Nicole-ck2en]

It’s very beautiful your hands writing.

[@chime4206]

and now you understand our pain of writing traditional chinese every day in school

[@TheFieryWind99]

Nice calligraphy video as always, although I wish this one had at least one with gon-ben, such as 読/读/讀

[@mommynyan]

I love your handwriting 😻 perfection

[@coolguyx14]

Traditional looks amazing

[@yoruka2455]

文字のバランスが美しくてヤバい

[@lesathie6604]

Gratidão por essa aulas maravilhosas! É encantador assistir a arte da sua caligrafia e ao mesmo aprender. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Domtsinmig]

事实上他写的汉字笔画顺序完全是错的 并且非常的丑，在中国随便找出任何一个人写的汉字都远远比他好看

[@xinyushao2757]

@@Domtsinmig 装逼遭雷劈，很好看了

[@user-ub8kn1gp8z]

@@Domtsinmig 能写得这么工整的真不多，笔顺问题更是自己都不一定清楚，特别是男的，看看毛的字迹。潦草飘逸要多丑有多丑

[@kochidobby8804]

This channel is still my favourite for kanji learning 😁👍

[@goldensandy6242]

Your handwriting is super pretty👍

[@user-sx9mz4im4j]

思春期の時に覚えたくなる字体

[@user-ll8qh1xr2f]

俺は今でも覚えたいぞ。 おっさんだけど。

[@SuperHentaiShichowshar]

そう言われると 気持ち悪いな

[@KIWI_3109]

@naonaoki なんかかっけえ

[@naoyahikoshima]

なんでバレた！？

[@hide226]

いいですねぇ… 戦前戦後あたりの小説をよく読んでます。 歴史的仮名遣いで旧字体も含まれていると文学的な雰囲気と味わいがあって大好きです。 現代の本ではすっかりなくなってしまって寂しい…

[@RealUlrichLeland]

How far back can you read Japanese before the language becomes too archaic to read? In English the works of Shakespeare in the 1600s are already quite difficult to read, and the works of Chaucer in the 1300s are basically in a different language.

[@chho8364]

No sure about the situation in Japanese, but a good student from any elementary school in Taiwan should be able to read some Chinese articles written in 5th century BC. But the ancient Chinese characters should be transformed to modern ones, which called "Traditional" Chinese characters in this video.

[@hide226]

900年代に成立したとされる最古の物語文学の竹取物語は読むことができると思います。ただ、当時のひらがなは現在と形が少し違うのでひらがなは現代の形に直す必要があります。現代人が昔書かれていた日本語をそのまま読めるようになるには明治時代か大正時代1900年以降になりそうです。明治時代以前は口語文で書かれていない物が多いため読むのは難しそうですね。文法は900年以前の日本語と現代では変わらないと思っています。

[@GO-ts1nu]

俺もよく古本屋で戦前の文庫本買って読んでた 最初は読めない字が多いんだけど、傳とか體とか、しょっちゅう出てくると読めるようになるんだよね

[@ksplatypus]

@@RealUlrichLeland If you're familiar with some characteristics of Middle English, Chaucer isn't too hard to understand. Old English (before about 1066) is a totally different language, however.

[@chiyoky_]

Traditional Chinese means a lot. For example 愛(love) in Kanji and Traditional chiense include a heart(心)in middle, you use your heart to love somebody. However, in simplified Chinese, the heart in the word disappeared, which couldn't show the true meaning of the word

[@ponponsherry6015]

It doesn't matter. Chinese mainland people know both traditional and simplified Chinese, Mainlanders Think Simplified Chinese is easy to write, but traditional Chinese, although complex, but good-looking, but also more can reflect the greatness of Chinese culture.

[@takagi_san_forever]

​@@ponponsherry6015 There are lots of mainlanders that doesn't know trad chinese well.

[@mask-ju4ie]

You're to exaggerating

[@congsience2989]

The simplified have the character of companionship in, which give it a bit of a twist of modernity that I kind of like. Not saying it improves on the traditional version though, the divergence has happened and I don’t personally think it’s for the worse

[@Kokoko324]

​@@takagi_san_forever憂鬱的臺灣烏龜.罰抄一百遍

[@marioavila1768]

Beautiful!!, thank you!

[@annebaby612]

字好美，看你寫字覺得舒壓，不知不覺就一直看下去

[@user-gy3kr9ng1l]

簡体字から日常の筆記を楽にするヒントが得られる

[@MyOrangeString]

おう。日本語を勉強中の外国人です。動画は本当に楽しみして観ています。きれいな書き方シェアしてもらって、本当に感謝します！きれいな字を書くのを目指しています！

[@user-oy9pz8lx9z]

おう。頑張ってくれよな

[@dyuyuki]

敬語で話す相手に「おう」は止めような

[@user-cdf9fk2rqa]

​@@dyuyuki Hey! 的な感覚なんやろな...

[@dyuyuki]

@@user-cdf9fk2rqa 他にも「おまえ」とか「おい」とか言っちゃう人いるよね やっぱりアニメの影響とかかな😥

[@MyOrangeString]

@@dyuyuki 教えていただいてありがとうございます！間違えて申し訳ありません。 自分ならアニメとか全然観ませんが、確かにどこかに取ってしまいました〜

[@user-on8gd9hm3f]

I'm chinese and I love your works pretty much

[@daisyl440]

Beautiful hand writings 👍

[@chw4968]

我最喜歡的是傳統漢字，真的很美。

[@atlantis2470]

A little tips: the traditional Chinese that is the turtle had been wrote in a wrong way 🤣 It is 龜 The down side can’t be in one line, and you can see this 龜is open on up side, but it isn’t wrong, it just the computer can’t show , but this 龜 is all so write, some time Chinese one word can have many other writing.

[@user-qs1gw3ku7w]

確實

[@maggiecheong4428]

Thank you to make this video, some time I mixed up Japanese kanji, traditional and simplified Chinese.

[@AKAThatKid]

The traditional hanzi for turtle is wild. The way the radicals interact is unlike anything ive seen studying Japanese

[@mysteriumvitae5338]

The traditional ones have the advantage that they are often, literally, more similar to what they are supposed to signify. They are closer to the actual pictograms they are born from. 馬 is still recognizable as something horse-like, for example. A character like 女, though, does bear resemblance to a woman in a skirt even in its "modern" form (there was never much to simplify in this particualr case). But you cannot say that "simplified" means "totally unrecognizable as an image of the signified", this would be exaggerated, indeed.

[@adapienkowska2605]

Very few characters are ideograms or pictograms in the first place so it gives you little advantage.

[@Brybao]

It does not really give you much advantage, and each Chinese dynasty changed their characters or added new ones so I dont know why people fight against this so hard lol

[@1ZeroGamingX]

@@Brybao 對呀

[@pandaposse2640]

@@Brybao The reason people fight against it these days is because Beijing is trying its best to recondition the entire extremely diverse Chinese population (Cantonese, Uighur, Tibetan, etc) by gentrifying different dialects. Forcing children to learn simplified Han Chinese in schools, Keeping native language out of television broadcasts, and the like.

[@Brybao]

@@pandaposse2640 that’s not true at all. Simplified Chinese was created because the vast majority of Chinese people were illiterate. Chinese dialects and other languages are still alive and well in China. For example, Zhuang: a non Chinese language is an official language of guangxi and is taught in schools along side mandarin and yue languages. My hometown shantou, everyone still is able to speak teochew. To find media in these languages of course you have to look for it yourself. Just like how American government doesn’t promote Native American languages for broadcast, you must find it yourself. Mandarin is needed as a common language or else nobody could communicate, and it doesn’t really matter if you use traditional or simplified characters as they r interchangeable. You clearly have never been to China and rely on the propaganda from the west… I recommend you visit a place or talk to people from the place before speaking next time. If mandarin didn’t exist it would be like if the USA had a different language for each state or city…nobody could communicate. It’s also double standards thst Americans don’t all speak Spanish or aboriginal languages but instead speak English as a common language. Most people in the usa cannot speak their ancestral languages by the 2nd generation. Is the American government trying to eliminate other languages?

[@chung729chung]

Great writings! For the traditional, remember the correct sequence（龜）. And the ratio can be better if you understand how the words are made. For instance, most words should be balanced with stronger base and lighter top（樂，惡，櫻…）. You can see the 木，心，櫻 supporting the top part of the word

[@Littlecar0-0]

I agree

[@syuan3647]

Yeah, I've never been able to understand love（愛）Simplify less heart（心）Simplified Love →（爱）

[@sukittoru0042]

The traditional one just sheesh ,I love it

[@xieleila]

This is very nice handwriting!!

[@DabWT3]

你寫的字真漂亮，影片越看越療癒🤤

[@obnoxiousNoxy]

All these Kanji used to look exactly like the Traditional Chinese characters (Kyujitai), but they got official new simplified forms after WWII. While some of these simplified Kanji (Shinjitai) look identical to the corresponding Simplified Chinese characters, as the video demonstrates there are many instances where these characters were simplified differently in China and Japan.

[@snowykoyuki]

Some look identical because the Chinese stole those characters, in the case they don't look different, it's because they don't want it to look the same as the Japanese kanji

[@LittleWhole]

@@snowykoyuki ???? They look identical because both Shinjitai and Simplified Chinese were based off of established handwritten forms during the time period, e.g. 体 for 體 because the 人+本 form had already been established in handwriting for more than a hundred years in the entire Han character sphere (China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam). Most of Shinjitai and Simplified Chinese simplifications were based off of 異體字, e.g. 盡 -> 尽 - tons of Shinjitai and Simplified Chinese characters can ALREADY be found in the Kangxi Dictionary (康熙字典) published in 1716 - yes, SEVENTEEN SIXTEEN, more than 200 years before Simplified and Shinjitai were promulgated. The only difference between then and now was that during those times it was considered an unorthodox 異體字 or 俗字, while the orthodox forms were more suitable for printing and etc. but now those simpler forms are considered orthodox simplifications. Furthermore Simplified Chinese implemented a policy of radical simplification and most of its simplifications of characters that did not already have established handwritten forms or 異體字 went through 草書楷化, where 草書 forms of characters were modified to be 楷書, like 專 -> 专.

[@arielzhang679]

kanji=han character，so Japanese are han people？=Chinese？，why used Chinese characters？most kanji=Chinese traditional Chinese，you cannot say they are Japanese，dont steal Chinese culture

[@tianwang]

@@arielzhang679 american people use Latin/Roman letters, are they Italian?

[@BQD_Central]

Sure, because the all have the same roots, but the Kanjis were simplified differently then the Han characters in the Peoples republic. Two simplifications at two different times.

[@nuucuu6175]

Your writing is very beautiful and neat👍👍👍

[@ClickBeetleTV]

Your penmanship is excellent

[@userJiangPisces]

どうも有難うございます！（私は台湾人でございます）

[@outofsomewhereoutofnowhere3751]

Me as a Taiwanese using traditional characters, seeing the comparisons between Japanese かんじ, simplified Chinese characters, and the traditional Chinese characters, making me feel like why the traditional Chinese characters so complicated 🥲we do take some time just to write a character, and don’t even mention assignments for Chinese classes, they’re such nightmares when I was a kid😂 偉大的繁體中文啊啊啊 even though I hate it so much, I still love it. Every version has their own “character” I love all of them For me 龜and鹽, are hard to write them neatly and beautifully, amazing job!

[@ss_super_steve]

I mean, you should probably already know why, traditional is made up of many building blocks that make sense when put together and every character tells a story and gives it's meaning. Plus, it's good to memorize a few more patterns with radicals to be able to read any text from up to 2000 years ago.

[@achchaparitoshachchachoudh5681]

Thanks for giving insight

[@lagioconda240]

漢字を書いている光景を見ているだけなのに、ものすごく癒やされるのはなぜだろう。しかも、リピしてしまう中毒性。総じて、素晴らしい動画！笑　漢字の書き順の確認もしてしまいました。ありがたい。

[@rinoxz2595]

Great writing! A small detail you might want to notice is that “齒” “齿” and “歯” 's last down strokes are a little bit out. Keep up the good work!

[@xjmmjbnqfstjdijoj2044]

Total number of strokes Kanji "Shinjitai" : 95 Simplified Chinese : 73 Traditional Chinese (Japanese "Kyuujitai") : 135 総画 新字体 : 95画 簡体字 : 73画 繁体字・旧字体 : 135画

[@carlsonyee4404]

天，那么多吗😹

[@SnowFox_07]

好家伙压根不是一个等级

[@Valymuspro]

難怪學生時期手有點酸

[@user-ss7qs4ps1i]

@@Valymuspro 哈哈

[@user-qe5fd4qs3q]

簡體字在現代已經失去意義，因為中國已經沒有文盲，而且在大部分場合，電腦輸入已經取代手寫，筆劃多少已經不是問題，反而是簡體字重複度較多，影響閱讀速度，我認為中國是時候回復繁體字

[@musicMakeLifeEasier]

很漂亮！看完心情特別好😄

[@kl3321]

Watching your pen slide across the paper is more satisfying than any "weirdly satisfying" video.

[@adan2099]

Kanji (漢字, pronounced [kaɲdʑi] (listen)) are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are still used, along with the subsequently-derived syllabic scripts of hiragana and katakana.

[@EdKolis]

I like how the kanji for fun looks like a person waving their arms and shouting!

[@user-wolf02]

So, Your favorite kanji is "楽(fun)" ??

[@jessjessica123]

好美的字，看您慢慢書寫真的很療癒。

[@sdarkao9297]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻很漂亮的硬筆書法教程👍👍👍感謝分享！！！

[@TW_APa]

foreigners: *PAIN*

[@pandaposse2640]

It is better to say "lightweight" in English so as not to be confused with the other meaning of "light" as in 光

[@SpringStarFangirl]

Ohhhhhhh that's what it was!!! I was so confused because I knew that light is 光, so I tried to figure out what the difference was and couldn't.

[@Valerie-Jodie]

The amazing KZbin algorithm made me see such beautiful calligraphy :)

[@birdcage0511]

字寫得真美。

[@gordnB]

やっぱり台湾の繁体字のが一番綺麗だよねー！

[@toonwachi600]

Japanese kanji is so similar to Traditional Chinese more than Simplefied Chinese. 😮🧐

[@Ola-jz7oj]

That's because they also simplified kanji basing on Chinese simplified, but in less extent or in different way to make the sound right. For example: to buy.

[@user-rc2sh5fs5o]

@@Ola-jz7oj Your example is wrong, it should be "to sell" instead of "to buy". to sell 新字体：売(士冖儿) 繁体字、旧字体：賣(士罒貝) 簡体字：卖(十乛头) to buy 旧字体、新字体、繁体字：買(罒貝) 簡体字：买(乛头)

[@GalianMode]

Because simplified Chinese is a lot more recent than Japanese Kanji. Simplified Chinese (as it exists today) wasn't solidified until the 1950-60s in an effort to reduce illiteracy, which was successful. Purists will say it lost "meaning" or "beauty" but imo that's a good sacrifice for convenience and accessibility.

[@tanhql]

@@user-rc2sh5fs5o I just can't get over how "sell" in Japanese (売) and "shell" in simplified Chinese (壳) has a difference of just one stroke.

[@zetajolyne3689]

Kanji are the natural reformation of 楷书 regular script in use, simplified Chinese are a concentrated re-creation based on 草书 cursive writing.

[@user-qw5lr9oo4r]

字が本当に美しいです。

[@cheungsiuk7743]

一笔一劃,整齐有序,好似建造房子那樣用心用力

[@ArtFox1337]

I've been studying Japanese for over two years, and I noticed how the Traditional Chinese symbol for 'fun' is also the symbol for 'sound' in Japanese (樂＝Gaku)

[@andyyu7351]

樂 in traditional Chinese means both fun and music 快樂 (happy) 樂器 (instrument)

[@uamdbro]

Is it not 楽 (not 樂) in Shinjitai?

[@nehcooahnait7827]

@@uamdbro sometimes folks don’t wanna switch between keyboards lol. I don’t think native Japanese speakers would have problem understanding 舊字體/旧字体

[@uamdbro]

@@nehcooahnait7827 honestly I'm not sure, 樂 is close enough to 楽 but there probably are a good number of characters that they wouldn't recognize, I think. It's not like simplified/traditional Chinese where everybody is exposed to both character sets in some capacity. The only way a Japanese person would likely be exposed to traditional characters is if they've learned Chinese, or if they are reading things published before WWII.

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

In mandarin and i assume other chinese languages this is also the case. The han characters were, as commonly known, imported from the tang dynasty, which meant that the pronunciation (onyomi, specifically) will often resemble mandarin, but more so to other less modern chinese languages such as cantonese and hokkien. The similarity between the latter groups are so striking, because the japanese derivation preserved much of the sound that was present at that time, much like the older chinese languages that ive brought up, such as the checked tone (like the word 楽, which is either Raku or Kaku depending on context, the former meaning joy while the latter music). Ill use the example in taiwanese, which came from hokkien but has roots in 2 very distinct geographical area (i.e very different accents). Music is pronounced im-gak 音樂 (im not going to use the roman spelling since i cant type it here), whereas happiness is kuai-lok 快樂. Its apparent that this is very similar to the japanese word as well (which technically isnt japanese in origin, but that detail isnt that important). Similar usage in kanji applies for a lot of japanese kanji in strictly japanese words too, for example 行, which is the character for 'going, moving, walk' but does not indicate urgency, is used in taiwanese 行 as walk, which is the same for japanese 行く. Run in taiwanese is 走 tsau (which i funnily enough in mandarin means to run, tsou) and in japanese 走る. Obvious there are many more that do not have this pattern, but these are the examples that show more commonality between the older chinese languages and modern japanese

[@nozomi8381]

As a traditional Chinese user must to give you a thumbs up. Great work! Though some words sequence of stroke are incorrect.

[@Shichitenhakki78]

Japanese officially has different stroke orders for a number of characters, so I don’t think it’s “wrong,” just a different official standard. If you check Japanese dictionaries, that’s just how they write it. Like 臣 starts with a downward stroke in Japanese but a horizontal stroke in Chinese. I suppose since he was writing Chinese hanzi and not Japanese kanji in the second and third columns, he could imitate Chinese stroke order though.

[@ikkue]

He's probably just applying the Japanese stroke order of each radical to every character because that's what he's used to.

[@lunabeans5368]

omg the handwriting is sooo pretty! and may i know what pen is that?

[@Oriana_leung]

Thank you very much!! Now I can show and explain to my Irish husband the difference. I studied in a Traditional school(HK kindergarten), then Simplified school(SG International school in HK 1995-2001), then Traditional school(HK public government school2001-2004), then back to Simplified school(SG 2004-2010), then didn't use any of them anymore after High school. I have forgotten most of it already.

[@ayske1]

My auntie from hongkong saw that my sister had a label of salt written in simplified in her home. Auntie said, why isn't it written in traditional? Saw your video, I understand now 🤣 Cantonese typically would read traditional 😎

[@martha-df9ym]

苗字の「桜井」を「櫻井」と書く人は意外に多いですよね。 櫻井翔さんもそうだし。 「悪」の簡体字が 「プンスカー！o(｀ω´ )o」みたいでなんか可愛く見える…。

[@rg_ryt7225]

ワロタ

[@bobo-mm5ok]

哈哈哈 还有一些类似的汉字 如 “ 囧 ”“皿”“哭”

[@erictsai1140]

惡 感覺就是有惡的感覺，日式簡式都沒那種感覺，這是中國人造字的藝術啊。

[@wooow9458]

@@erictsai1140 但我们写字时比你们少写很多笔画，而且也比较整洁有序。

[@wooow9458]

@@erictsai1140 繁体字只要字体粗一些就成黑块了。

[@peepbmw]

Treditional chinese is very difficult. Your handwriting is very beautiful.

[@yinghLi]

amazing. you're so talented. 給你讚！

[@zzwang9730]

有時候為了偷懶，一些筆畫較多的字會寫成簡體字。沒想到有些字我以為是簡體，但卻是日本的漢字，我還以為自己是在寫簡體字😂。

[@user-vr6up6qw5n]

我看见那个“龜”，我有点头疼

[@h.seanhsu8965]

@@user-vr6up6qw5n 我從小到大寫作文，絕對不寫跟烏龜有關的主題。

[@hf_61]

只能安慰自己写得才不是简体字，是日本简体字

[@user-vr6up6qw5n]

@@hf_61 你这个属于强行安慰了，交流的双方都能看懂，写什么文字都可以啊

[@jin_gaming55]

@@user-vr6up6qw5n 能看懂但不一定能写出来 😂

[@pekos20001]

日本でも繁体字は時々つかうよね

[@cyraleebaranda7697]

That is so satisfying

[@zumy1507]

どれも素敵😍

[@ErikkuNT]

繁體中文は一番綺麗だね

[@user-yf4bx4zv5b]

不錯耶！ 雖然在筆畫上有誤，但以外國人而言能寫出正確的繁體字，這很不容易。

[@sturmmagnunstein1008]

日本人寫漢字筆劃順序本來就有些許不同

[@iamycy]

日式筆畫不一樣+1

[@user-bl2dq2oy5p]

把這個字丟給日本人應該很有趣 龘

[@floss7081]

日本寫漢字筆畫不同的

[@user-ky4ns2bn4c]

漂亮！！❤️💕 下次可以改用毛筆 毛筆更能表現出漢字的磅礡氣勢和蒼勁氣節

[@DucaTech]

I really like your channel. Do you think you can introduced Hanja & Chu Nom (Han Nom) as well in future videos?

[@solisimperium1203]

I love the traditional chinese character for turtle

[@user-ix5qj1bk9h]

爨麤鱻龘䯁㸏㽈頿䭡璽勴竈嚚 Traditional Chinese is not like a language, but more like an artistic creation. But my native language is traditional Chinese.

[@moraimon]

Some foreigners may be surprised to hear that we Japanese can much more easily understand traditional Chinese than simplified Chinese. For us Japanese, simplified Chinese is too oversimplified to tell which is the original traditional Chinese.

[@samgyeopsal569]

I’ve seen a Japanese who didn’t know that 國 is 国。

[@mei42na]

@@samgyeopsal569 you’ve only seen one, not the whole population. 😂

[@holiseuuu]

theae are so prrtty im in awe

[@MegaJefflin]

actually many people write japanese 亀even in Taiwan, since 龜 is not only many strokes, but also very difficult to write, and there is a place called 龜山鄉（亀山郷) in Taiwan, which always confuse people, when someone try to send something to them.

[@smaybius]

Simplified Chinese evolved independently of kanji. Some shinjitai characters are simpler than simplified Chinese characters and vice versa. Korean's hanja is just traditional Chinese, or kyujitai

[@user-jv9zd2br2b]

啊对对对，宇宙都是韩国的呢!简体字独立于汉字发展而来？章口就莱？实际上简体字并不是近代产物，千百年来一直有简体字的使用，参考历代的一些书法作品和碑文，哦突然忘了，韩国人看不懂汉字😂

[@user-jv9zd2br2b]

@@user-li8dt1vg5b 读音这个我笑了，想到他们一个劲嚷嚷hanfu（汉服）和hanbok（韩服）是一个东西，中国要抢他们的韩服，你不识字你有理，你别偷就行

[@syuan3647]

(one more reason to prefer traditional over simplified)The remarks upstairs really look down on others.

[@user-jv9zd2br2b]

@@user-li8dt1vg5b 可不是嘛，世界上好多国家都有吃腌渍食品的习惯，也没见哪个像南朝鲜这么爱出警的，所以说越自卑的人往往越自大狂妄，明明那么小的国土，国家名字还叫大韩民国，也是没谁了🤣🤣

[@Calcalca]

You wrote all letters are beautiful and neat. But the order of “start writing (起筆）” and “end writing (收筆）” are wrongs for Chinese traditional letterings.

[@afdhalulakbar5382]

Because he follows the Japanese one lol, and its wrong from China order strokes

[@t4w1m94]

Japan has different stroke orders for many traditional characters, even prior to simplification in 1946. I'm not sure if it's all correct but I do know they like to start their words in the top centre a lot.

[@tanhql]

@@t4w1m94 I notice Japanese stroke order is more of semi-cursive form (行書)

[@chengliklik]

Yes, "turtle" for traditional Chinese characters should be 18 strokes.

[@Shichitenhakki78]

Japanese officially has different stroke orders for a number of characters, so I don’t think it’s “wrong,” just a different official standard. If you check Japanese dictionaries, that’s just how they write it. Like 臣 starts with a downward stroke in Japanese but a horizontal stroke in Chinese. I suppose since he was writing Chinese hanzi and not Japanese kanji in the second two columns, he could imitate Chinese stroke order though.

[@WuMingX2]

1:24 Note that this is "light weight", not "light or dark".

[@dantean9750]

字がきれいすぎて気持ちよい✨ なんかすっきりする。 コメント外人多いね。

[@DASmallWorlds]

Good video. It is of course important to understand that the "Japanese kanji" shown here is, of course, nothing more than simplified characters the Japanese government promulgated in 1946. That is not to say many of the characters are of course based off of previously existing variant and vulgar forms. It's actually quite a trip to read documents made using old character forms and kana orthography; give it a try if you can read decent Japanese. I personally am working on an IME dictionary add-on to help input traditional character forms and kana orthography.

[@shnofata2416]

もしそれが本当なら、僕ら旧かな論者にとつて素晴らしい朗報です。 僕ら旧かな論者は確固として存在してゐますが、いかんせん数が少いのですよね。 そのうちの理由の一つが、旧かなをキーボードで打つのは大変面倒くさいと言ふことにあります。 僕はかなづかひが重要であつて、漢字の字体はどうでもいいといふ立場なのですが、 旧かなを使ふのであればであれば旧字体でなければならないとする人もゐるのですよね。 旧かなは日本で義務教育を終へた人なら全く問題なく読めるでせうが、旧字の場合はその人がその字を知らなければ全く伝はらないし。 旧かな論者も旧かな反対派もなぜか漢字崇拝をしてゐますよね。 一般人は云はずもがな、旧かな論者の中にもいまだに漢字を真名、かなを仮名として扱つてゐる人もゐるので困つたものです。 しかし、IME辞書の作成、応援してます！

[@thecatjall7848]

@@shnofata2416 what is the IME?

[@shnofata2416]

@@thecatjall7848 日本語の変換をしてくれる機能です。 例へば’’iwanai’’と入力して’’言わない’’と変換してくれる機能がIMEです。 ただ、旧かなである’’言はない’’は''ihanai''と入力しても出ないんですよね。 これを変換してくれるやうになるものを作つてゐるらしいです。

[@LittleWhole]

@@shnofata2416 「ように」は「やうに」ぢやないですか？

[@shnofata2416]

@@LittleWhole おお、すみません、ミスですね。 いやー、しかし、やはり漢語と字音かなづかひは問題ですね。 旧かなにしても「はう」や「やう」は「ほう」や「よう」にしてもいいやうに思ひます。 和語ではない漢語に語源を気遣ふ必要はないですからね。 今回は漢語も旧かなにするとしてゐたので僕のミスですが。

[@arashigray]

簡体字のほうの中国人です。 個人的に櫻はどっちもなんか微妙、盐は簡体字のほうがいいです。 あとは全部日本の新字体のほうが好きです

[@arashigray]

龟の簡体字もよさそうかも

[@alanjyu]

When I was at university, I studied both Chinese and Japanese. I was never taught which kanji were simplifications of traditional Chinese. I just learned to write kanji that I would never see in written Chinese.

[@user-jo9lb5no5n]

建议直接学习简体汉字，也就是中国大陆所使用的汉字，和繁体字相比，笔画少一些，学完了简体汉字再学笔画多的繁体汉字就容易一些了。

[@fahfah2087]

I like his hand writing