by Hime Codeuse | Jan 24, 2021 | Culture
In the previous article we saw that the main reason of the complexity of the Japanese writing system is its history. But it’s not the only one. The Japanese are most likely to preserve their writing system as it is, because it represents the part of their culture, the...
by Hime Codeuse | Jan 24, 2021 | Learning Language
How many kanji are there? Is it even possible to learn all of them? Some people who admire Japanese culture and would like to learn Japanese are discouraged in front of the enormous number of kanji to learn. One of the most comprehensive kanji dictionaries in...
by Hime Codeuse | Jan 24, 2021 | History
Many of you might wonder why Japanese writing system has so many types of characters. They have kanji (Chinese characters) and they 2 types of syllabaries – hiragana and katakana. Why such a complexity? This is related to the...
