Review Kanji Basics in 2 Hours - How to Read and Write Japanese

[@JapanesePod101]

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[@kyungie6762]

Javanese

[@Dhritikapoor127]

ありがとうございます

[@hsuyadanarlynn7515]

Help I can't get free pdf and how do I download.

[@quach8quach907]

@Zeym Just write Sam. Don't try to use glyphs = pictures, to represent sounds, it is very confusing. The Japanese are familiar with Romanization, i.e. Roma-ji.

[@edwnx0]

0:00 intro 4:26 person 人 10:22 woman 女 15:00 legs 儿 19:03 ten 十 23:29 mouth 口 27:14 one 一 30:43 word 言 35:36 day 日 39:29 movement ⻌ 43:22 gate 門 47:22 heart 心 53:29 hand 手 58:18 wood 木 1:04:32 water 水 1:10:18 land 土 1:15:14 house 宀 1:20:36 plant 艹 1:25:27 fire 火 1:31:09 mountain 山 1:36:12 eat 食

[@jarvissimmons7582]

Thank you!

[@aerotechnia]

Thanks!

[@daisymonsalve1485]

There are a few factors in how to speak Japanese . One place I discovered that succeeds in merging these is the Fergs Magic Blueprint (check it out on google) definately the most helpful remedy that I've seen. Look at the super info .

[@harshugale1942]

And we got a winner 🏆

[@pyaasapyaasa5981]

How many kanjis do we have to learn for jlptn5,?

[@MP-cv6if]

You know the stuff's hard when it takes two hours to only review

[@SophieSquid]

2 hours to review only the *basics* even

[@bonsoir5170]

And that's only like, the 20 easiest ones out of several thousands with readings that are sometimes shared between characters and some looking very similar to others. And I thought learning the ~200 irregular verbs in English was hard, silly me 🤪

[@frankineskinecense]

Ey

[@raleraly2599]

@@bonsoir5170 yeah much harder, but much more interesting than irregular verbs in English (or even French)

[@brian728]

That's what she said

[@mohammedramez]

Guys .... I really appreciate all the effort you put in organising and simplifying everything for us, Risa and Alisha thank you for this amazing presentation , for Risa: “you are just so cute when you speak English *^^* cuuuute haha. Thx for all hidden team member for their efforts. Best learning channel in the world .

[@violetanime5066]

Ramez jaimus this is my famyly

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

Yes Risa's english is so amazing to listen to

[@prabirpatra7926]

Exactly.....🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘

[@jayajadhav8221]

@@gwaynebrouwn844 Exactly

[@shaimanmoore4663]

Kawai

[@HamoTheUltimate]

Now that you master hiragana and katakana,you have to enlargen your vocabulary,and then learn kanji,while learning kanji,try remembering some and help your self by mastering sentence structures. Keep widening your vocabulary then when you get a good amount of kanji,as im talking,the "good amount of kanji" is basically 3-4 years of japanese language studying,you can start learning grammar and practicing it until you become something better than newbie. While you're at it keep widening your kanji characters knowledge and then try going to japanese videos and read japanese comments.. if you one day,that day you are able to read and understand all the comments,you know you've reached a very good level. It will motivate you to become better and you will eventually become a fluent japanese talking peep. *_Then after all this, you will realize that you've gone through this severe hell just to watch some anime without subtitles,therefore you will even realize how it wasnt worth all this.._* Dont give up! 😊

[@cmdrTremyss]

*...therefore you will even realize how much it was worth all this!

[@kurapikaseyeball6119]

It's not just the anime that made me do it lol I've been studying japanese since i was in 6th grade I'm now in 8th i have a couple more years to go but I'm doing pretty good 🤩👁️😜👁️🙃👿👃🏽✋🏽

[@raleraly2599]

No, don't learn vocabulary separately from Kanjis, they make vocab so much easier to remeber. Also it took me less than a year to learn about 700 kanjis so don't overexaggerute the amount of time it takes to learn japanese. I started with hiragana, katakana and then simple grammar and vocab. One of the first kanjis I wrote was 歳 , pretty hard for beginning, but still better than totally skiping learning kanji.

[@natiboy7705]

Nah i think itll be worth

[@shiningeditedmoon]

if u do that just to watch anime why learn kanji lol

[@mickeymouse6980]

I'm going to need a Japanese calligraphy pen for this...

[@AdwareExe]

Yess i really recommend that

[@AGR01]

Or use a Chinese calligraphy pen.

[@dontworryaboutme6410]

Lol it's not needed. People say as long as it's neat and you can read it you don't need to use it

[@ohayo1225]

Me that use regular writing tolls to write kanji and still neat: hmmmm

[@quach8quach907]

Buddha Board. Paints with water. Looks like black paint. When it dries, the "paint" disappears.

[@YL.42]

Thanks!

[@SophieSquid]

Hiragana: Got it. Logical. makes sense. Katakana: Yes. Got it. Very similar. Ok, what's next, japanese is pretty straight forward. Kanji: "Ok so tree and person equals rest and mouth and legs equals older brother. Any questions?" I'm sorry, what?

[@gunweizard6125]

No one ever mentions the near kanji. Literally movement and axe. Their explanation seemed like such a stretch XDD

[@solgaleooflight8703]

*open your 心*

[@guilhermequinol2334]

@@gunweizard6125 Well, think this way: There's a serial killer with an axe behind you, you're trying to run away but he's really near to grab you.

[@theguitaraucostic6964]

The word 休 is derived from a person resting under the tree, chinese Characters/Kanji Characters are usually derived from drawings in words

[@jwatson908]

The kanji for "(Human)legs" also can mean "Support", and the kanji for "Mouth" can also mean "Voice" or "Opinion". So, I think it may be referring to "Older bother" as a "Supportive voice".

[@isp6861]

Learning language and comparing them are interesting. I like it.

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

OMG I CAN READ YOUR NAME I AM SO PROUD

[@kawaikuma3298]

Isotsuto?

[@themagicalcupcakeunicorn5755]

@@gwaynebrouwn844 ME TOO

[@AlexanderHL1919]

@@kawaikuma3298 Iseppu I think

[@leyabelay8081]

@@AlexanderHL1919 its isopu

[@SophieSquid]

I finish a single kanji lesson and I feel like I'd just run a marathon

[@alicephanle1572]

This is the best learning channel *ever!* Thanks, Risa and Alisha! You've helped me a lot!

[@Jianju69]

Risa melts my cold, bitter heart like a popsicle in the sun.

[@DavidFlores-kn2jj]

Me too. Especially 47:24

[@yasminaderid683]

Same here. 💐

[@aerotechnia]

Same

[@trikayatranslationservices9434]

She's sweet yes!

[@tessa4883]

Why no love for the other presenter?

[@kazumakaankiryuerdem9357]

I’m Here because I Love japan and I want learn japanese and I really want go in japan it’s my Dream

[@luvkasidet]

You are same as me!!! I Love Japan and it's beautiful culture and cute people 😍

[@dubmau50647]

Same as me I'd really love to go to Japan in Tokyo

[@RiayToons]

I am here for Risa...

[@lYosefl]

But you are kiryu you supposed to be in japan 🤔

[@animage1345]

Me too man

[@foreverroaches7363]

Finally after 5 months I’ve finished watching this video and memorized each kanji character 😭 next ima get more in depth with particles 🤯

[@OleksandrSe]

lol

[@ReiEvangelista]

This is so useful. Thanks!

[@solgaleooflight8703]

evangerisutareian? Evan Gerry australian?

[@jorgep5740]

Best kanji videos ever!! Do you have more videos like this one with more radicals?

[@habibi_xd7022]

For myself: 人: 9:41 女: 14:12 元: 18:19 十: 22:33 口: 26:19 一: 29:53 言: 34:50 日: 38:44 返: 42:30 門: 46:18 心: 52:23 手: 58:08 木: 1:03:32 水: 1:09:10 土: 1:14:12 安: 1:19:23 花: 1:24:28 火: 1:30:00 山: 1:35:03 食: 1:40:38

[@robincollar]

オ―ケー^⁠_⁠^

[@怨虎竜の紫玉]

ありがとうございます！ これで日本語の勉強をすることが出来ます！ 日本語を使えないのでこの動画を見て勉強しようと思います！

[@good_girl_meraxes5237]

when your voice is so clear that the KZbin subtitles can understand it (love these vids btw!)

[@BrianLang-nq3jb]

I Love her And her cunning teaching

[@roserocksrapidly]

every single radical is "very simple" to write, so I'm scared for when they start saying "this one's hard"

[@natiboy7705]

One time i was checking radicals and there were multiple that took 16 strokes, i thought, “in what kanji am i ever gonna need this” lol

[@かずきカズキ-c8f]

which is easier, learning English especially vocabulary or learning Kanji, sometimes I wonder. Since I'm Japanese I can use most of Kanji that Japanese learn between elementary school and high school, but I can use English only a few. When it comes to native English speaker, it may be vice versa. I want to know how people feel. And all I want to say is: I love both Kanji and English!

[@daylinhesford3116]

Im a Native English speaker, for me Kanji is way harder, isn't there some two thousand different characters + 2 separate alphabets Hiragana and Katakana. Its a lot to remember

[@NatalieYOT]

I think Kanji will, in most cases, be harder for a non-Japanese native speaker, unless, of course, they are Chinese. Your English seems to be going quite well, keep it up!

[@quach8quach907]

Read the story of the Three Little Pigs. Which is easier? Building a straw house or a brick house?

[@tessa4883]

Probably no one actually needs to go to school to learn English. But my guess is you were able to properly learn all those kanji because of the well-structured education system in Japan and because Japanese start learning kanji very young. You should appreciate how lucky you were to get a great education.

[@markytan5120]

I say finishing this in 2 days is me being pretty proud of myself :) Good Luck to Ya'll

[@asahel980]

actually Hiragana is also based in Chinese characters just modified by Japanese, Korea also uses Chinese characters long ago ,but they made their own in a way more easier called Hangul

[@Motshidi]

Oh, this is so beautiful and really interesting! Thanks indeed!💛

[@iantaperla1703]

It really help me memorize kanji CHARACTERS..... 😉😉😉😉

[@sithuarshinsha5094]

thank you very much

[@adriansanvelaz]

Could you make a video on how do you create these presentations? An alternative would it be to provide a template, but probably you would not allow to do that.

[@ねこです-f8o]

Thanks a lot. I love Japan.

[@aar3782]

1:11:25 He is *T-posing*

[@Monster003]

My brain exploded within the first three minutes

[@Prakashネパル人]

😂same

[@mamtaverma387]

I've seen ur hiragana, katakana and obviously this one.. In the end of every video Risa senpai tells us which video we should watch next... What about after this.. Should I watch the grammar one???

[@HamoTheUltimate]

Now that you master hiragana and katakana,you have to enlargen your vocabulary,and then learn kanji,while learning kanji,try remembering some and help your self by mastering sentence structures. Keep widening your vocabulary then when you get a good amount of kanji,as im talking,the "good amount of kanji" is basicly 3-4 years of japanese language studying,you can start learning grammar and practicing it until you become something better than newbie. While you're at it keep widening your kanji characters knowledge and then try going to japanese videos and read japanese comments.. if you one day,that day you are able to read and understand all the comments,you know you've reached a very good level. It will motivate you to become better and you will eventually become a fluent japanese talking peep. *_Then after all this, you will realize that you've gone through this severe hell just to watch some anime without subtitles,therefore you will even realize how it wasnt worth all this.._* Dont give up! 😊

[@juanpablotabordagonzalez8565]

@@HamoTheUltimate Trust me. It will worth every fucking second. :p

[@SPGM1903]

I enjoyed watching this video. It's none of the amusing one's, but what was important for me was meanings. Maybe the most important... Thank you for explaining from direct kanji to meaning of a particular block. But still... many of those explanations were way too simply said or ignored, for example 茶. I had to look for direct meaning. Yeah, that's good looking for answers, but ignoring some of those blocks were a little bit frustrating. Graphics and segments (reading, meaning, stroke order) were made very simple and easy to remember. I'd wish to expand a little bit fragmentation of those kanji blocks, because i sometimes need answer i cannot find and without mnemotechnique learning is much more difficult. For example "flower" was explained beautifully. Plant that changes :) Thank you for this video, maybe not consequent in some parts but very helpful in understanding.

[@soulking_adi]

ありがと

[@mohammedramez]

Thank you

[@rafic5935]

thanks for posting this video ,,, I hope you will many khanji posteducate

[@1980hfs]

Very helpful

[@Finity_twenty_ten]

0:52 While they did originate from China, they did so a really long time ago. This has caused some Kanji to be a little different from even traditional Chinese characters.

[@Eodo]

Me who has to take an exam tomorrow: Study for the exam: ❌ Study Japanese: ✔

[@Finity_twenty_ten]

32:48 I always thought the five radical in language was refering to how it is said the exact same as five in Japanese.

[@tangtony1536]

Kanji or known as Hanzi 汉字 .. It is Chinese character and it is derived from picture

[@quach8quach907]

Kanji = Han Writing.

[@hanbrolo6115]

probably 69% of the people watching this watches anime

[@ramonsalespujol458]

Im affraid not. I usually don´t watch anime and apart from that I´m not young, having said that to some extent I agree with you.

[@diamondcalloway9048]

No but when I was young

[@matthew3331]

How did you know

[@jorgep5740]

Nope!

[@nou7838]

LordsO Floud 69 hehehehehheheheheheh

[@BrianLang-nq3jb]

I Love her she teaches well I'm in Love with her and Love Risa's Teaching

[@SerpentineSeiđr]

In James Heisig's Remembering the Kanji, he lists 世 as 'generation' and 界 as 'world'. But the two together spell "sekai" which is the Japanese word for 'world'. Even after memorising 500 Kanji, it's still really confusing. Maybe the two meanings in RTK are only the radicals/primitives meanings.

[@quach8quach907]

Think a little further. English. age = time but it can also means "world". The Bronze Age. We can say the Bronze World. Words are flexible in their meaning.

[@calengo454]

​@@quach8quach907no...

[@lissandrobatista3677]

This is good very organize and simple . learning radicals and its origin is fun and can help to remember the kanji. This might be too much for someone who is just learning kanji but if you are reviewing its easy

[@sariahlyman]

Do you teach all the radicals somewhere in your videos or on your website? I heard there were 214 radicals (and that's plenty) so could you recommend where I might find a chart that has all of the radicals or multiple charts that all together have all of them? Another question, do Japanese kids learn the radicals? If so, how do they learn them? Do they use charts (like the kind I'm looking for but not finding), or do they learn some other way? Arigatou gozaimasu! (I think I spelled that right)

[@JoseChoquePerez]

the most common and traditional radicals are only 92 ...

[@OleksandrSe]

They repeat about having book with radicals after every episode, they made the whole book

[@74Ahly]

thanks ❤❤

[@footlover9416]

1:14:00 i thought it meant map? edit: oh thats just the first part. theres a second character. whoops. its 地図 not just 地.

[@tangtony1536]

片假名 and 平假民 also derived from selected Kanji or Hanzi for Phonetic usage and then using 草书 or 行书 stroke style to simplify the Hanzi or Kanji into 平假名&片假名 If not mistaken, 平假名mostly used by women in ancient times

[@InArc.NADIRAKHAN]

I love teacher she is so nice and explanation is❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@quach8quach907]

A word that I can recognize is Ninja = 忍者, a person + who endures. Endure = 忍, like being stabbed 刀 in the heart 心.

[@tessa4883]

Have you read the book "Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter". From memory, the author mentions her calligraphy-loving grandfather saying exactly what you said about the kanji for endurance.

[@내가낸데곡선긋기]

감사합니다.

[@timeisapathwalkingtounderstand]

どうもありがとうございます りさ そして アリシア 日本語を勉強 finally learning almost 5 months not one hour

[@Krektonix]

Translation: Yes / (something) Thank you so much Risa and Alisha [the next four characters mean: Japan + Language = Japanese (wo[o]) then idk the rest ok guys dont judge aa

[@kishpawar]

@@Krektonix it reads shoho. It means introductory course. So he is trying to say japanese 101 in Japanese

[@मसानेदिराइजिङ्डेभिल्]

its more usefull thanks a lot

[@evezlynma8538]

First time to watch kanji and omg,watching it but don't understand anything lol

[@hatered6434]

The way I remember ground is because my major was electrical engineering. Where the symbol for ground is kinda similar. Haha

[@farukmia3004]

Dear Risa, Rice field and window radicle looks same. So how can I find out that which it indicate?

[@RoussinSong]

Context will always be your friend in language learning.

[@klarko]

Just started studying Japanese! Great channel! side note: Now I understand why Mokujin is named Mokujin! LOL!

[@Decebal825]

it's literary easier to learn ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, noone in the right mind would ever design a written language like this,

[@kimihime9901]

Decebal825 I swear I was thinking the same thing! 😅

[@ostracostio64]

No one person.

[@CapitalTeeth]

That's what happens when you try to clumsily put together a language's written form using that of another language that is nothing like yours.

[@solidjames5704]

but someone did and now millions of people use it

[@quach8quach907]

We have this kind of language in our modern times. It's called icons, logos, symbols.

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

How to get depressed...........

[@eltoroluckypatientzero1355]

For reals man...

[@solgaleooflight8703]

がんばろう!!

[@tessa4883]

Just enjoy the journey. You'll probably never be fluent. Does it matter?

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

Like on reading: コウ me: oke I can remember that Light on reading: コウ me: WTF BUT THAT WAS "LIKE" Edit: Oh looks like mouth's on reading is also fucking コウ!

[@Hildebrand-zt5bk]

コウキ is also the name of someone in Pokémon

[@Yoriyari]

local youtuber learns about homophones

[@jonuel4675]

ありがとうございます

[@lorendarylreodicasarenas6380]

Hello! The link to the ebook is not working. Thank you

[@meghaxiia1150]

It's working, check it now, cause I download

[@ragavendra2010]

Hi , please can you share the link for JLPT 5 kanji with similar explanation with radicals.

[@Finity_twenty_ten]

1:22 There is no distinction between uppercase and lowercase Latin letters?

[@chiefruckus3831]

Let’s take a look at these kanji characters…can you guess what they mean? Me: not even in a thousand years

[@devsingh12]

WOW thank you so much gays ❤️😍

[@benmarley3086]

Damn...

[@batanggawkgawk]

😂💀

[@Steevee5k]

Just guessing, but I truely hope they are NOT gay

[@charlottefaye86]

I- Well the gays probably appreciate it

[@tessa4883]

Do you personally know those two?

[@ShalkiZS]

How do those little kids in the school learn japanese and mandarin? !!!😱 ....

[@quach8quach907]

In Japan, 7 days a week!

[@tessa4883]

Japanese probably have the best public education system.

[@KUSHGAMERZ390]

I don't see Kanji name its only the meaning rest explained very well

[@Snoopysneak]

to be honest, I still dont get the difference between , on and kun reading:/ how do you differentiate them and when should i use the on or kun reading?

[@quach8quach907]

Like a coin with Lincoln on it. The Latin/French reading is cent The English reading is penny.

[@quach8quach907]

You use the Latin based word and pronunciation when you want to intimidate other people. Like Star Trek villains who always speaking using French based words instead of English based words.

[@まよよ-e9x]

急にオススメに出てきた

[@konchokyangzes4594]

Till What level can I learn Japanese if join here? I am planning to learn Japanese atleast till N3 level.

[@luffymonkeyd.6085]

hello do you still reply? is the on or kun reading of the kanji for sweat or to perspire is also the way to pronounce the entire kanji? thanks alot

[@eternallucifer7709]

How to understand the association of the radicals: learn Japanese culture

[@quach8quach907]

Chinese culture. Kanji = Han Writing.

[@Joezone619]

14 minutes in, im now more confuzed about kanji then i started... and i started at 0

[@tessa4883]

Don't expect it to be all that logical. Mnemonics are your friend. Then add in plenty of reading practise.

[@ilovejune23]

ily risa

[@adnannour4150]

I love watching out this video, unfortunately the english subtitle derange the look of the kanji letter.....I wish the subtitle be discarded.....!!!

[@rolandoiceful]

So light and like have the same On reading? interesting

[@gwaynebrouwn844]

Don't forget mouth

[@tessa4883]

There's a bottomless pit of homophones. Just go with it.

[@ルルイエ-m3k]

はぇ〜 勉強になるわ。

[@n20-p2q]

I have a question, they told us that every Kanji has its own meaning but when the Kanji is a part of a sentence I have heard that the meaning changes how can I know its meaning? Pls bc I am really confused

[@seththebeth]

n 20 I think it just means that the Ida of something can be something more specific in the context of a sentence. Like jin means man but in a certain context of a sentence it could mean human being instead. Just my thoughts. I could be wrong tho.

[@quach8quach907]

Just like in English, fool.

[@tessa4883]

How come the number 2 can be read as "two" or "twelve" or "twenty" or "a half" depending on the context?

[@juliag9916]

6:18 isn’t that also the kanji for book?

[@quach8quach907]

Yes. As I know, 本 means "edition".

[@juliag9916]

@@quach8quach907 hmm okay thanks

[@GreenCheeseCZ]

What are the extra kana in brackets when talking about reading of the kanji? Do you just put random stuff in there to confuse me? Why not explain?? Im already confused about stroke order and have to google each kanji, because you only explain the stroke orders of the radicals, not the kanji you teach us.

[@cmdrTremyss]

I believe the reading can change if you put the word in different sentences.

[@Jack-lu2lr]

cmdr tremyss That’s stupid though, it just makes it more difficult

[@khali333k7]

Tell us The names of kanji so that we can understand them

[@vidyasuresh69]

Did I finish my jlpt n5 with this ??

[@SPGM1903]

We don't know, but keep us in touch ;)

[@mauann3454]

why u didnt put the meaning of kanji in japanese its written in english and only katakana separately

[@maysoesan2552]

totemo suki desu. arigatoogozaimasu!!!!

[@sasukegutszerolevialucod6927]

Im good at memorization but hard in listening and understanding when already and speaking Japanese..

[@Hildebrand-zt5bk]

Student: (泣) I got a red card! Please give me a better card! (泣) Teacher: HEY! STOP CRYING! YOU ARE SUSPENDED FOR 6 DAYS! GO TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE! Student: 泣

[@harpervoidhv69]

In japnese radical is bushu (ぶしゅ) 部首

[@quach8quach907]

1:27:10 I have to correct you. 災 = disaster. 火 fire and 川 巛 water/river. Fire + flood = disaster.

[@as2s3hf7gff]

火災？fire disaster

[@quach8quach907]

@@as2s3hf7gff Fire and flood.

[@as2s3hf7gff]

@@quach8quach907 火災、地震、津波、台風、攻撃。

[@quach8quach907]

@@as2s3hf7gff You are not speaking a sentence. You don't make any sense. The glyph 災 has components of 火 fire and 川 巛 water/river. Fire and flood together means "disaster".

[@as2s3hf7gff]

@@quach8quach907 you speaking out of context, you seems tired aren't u??? I just listed some natural disasters n u call me as no sense??

[@丸ゆき-n1i]

海外から見て日本語って難しいんですか？

[@heavenlycrafts3340]

i haave a doubt that is we pronounce kanji by hiranga and katakana words above the kanji word but how will we pronounce kanji if they don't have on reading or kun reading pls tell me i'm struggling with this for a while

[@extremeotakugamer]

I just didn't get the part that are inside the parentheses.

[@sunshinezzz4466]

But how do people have the time to write that 29 stroke character every time? Isn’t it inconvenient?

[@mask-ju4ie]

Some people write it in cursive or just in hiragana form

[@mask-ju4ie]

So it's saving time

[@quach8quach907]

The harder it is, the more enduring it is. Read the story of The Three Little Pigs.

[@footballzone8026]

lessons are really nice but sound effect "tuku...tuku" is so nervous...

[@plnarayanan3652]

Your English subtitles are repeatedly wrong. Suggest you ask a better translator to contribute. You currently probably have a Chinese to do this translation.

[@HikikomoriDev]

Kanji is very cute.

[@rhibab6950]

Does a Kanji means the same thing in japanese and in Chinese ?

[@chisaime]

Rhibab I think it depends, since it’s an interpretation and represents an idea. It’s likely that the Japanese meaning is close to its Chinese counterpart

[@JapanesePod101]

Hi Rhibab, Thank you for posting. I've heard that the most of them mean the same in Chinese and Japanese, and the others not even if it is written in a same way. There are also simplified characters in Chenese. Keep studying with JapanesePod101.com Regards, Miki（美希） Team JapanesePod101.com

[@quach8quach907]

@@chisaime It also means the same thing in Vietnamese and Korean.

[@tessa4883]

I've heard Japanese say they can pretty much read a Chinese newspaper in China and get the meaning.

[@pokelol97]

i thought kodomo meant child? why say kodomo if you can just use the kanji?

[@quach8quach907]

The kanji is the glyph. 車 in modern terms can be car = English automobile = French Sounds are not universal, only glyphs are universal. Like chess glyphs. ♘= knight, horseman, cavalry and that's just English, not even every other languages.

[@quach8quach907]

Kanji is like the gold standard. And then you have your dollars, yen, euros, pesos, pounds, etc.

[@quach8quach907]

Because you cannot transmit a glyph through the radio.

[@milandevdas4879]

i just want to know that u write ON reading in katakana and KUN reading hiragana does that changes any things or i can write them in both ways ? does that change the meanings of the things if i write them in any one script ? plz can anyone solve my doubts

[@dadarknezz]

I don't think it changes anything. I don't know why they do that, because I would say it's wrong to write in katakana, since only foreign words are written with that.

[@kimvillanoza243]

Because on-yomi is Chinese reading, so technically it's a foreign language