A brief history of the Japanese writing system < Skritter Blog

Today is UN Chinese Language Day—a perfect moment to celebrate one of the most influential writing systems in human history.For thousands of years, the cultures of China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam were deeply shaped by Chinese civilization. Until the early 20th century, Classical Chinese served as the shared literary and scholarly language across East Asia, much like Latin did in Europe. Chinese characters (汉字 / 漢字) became the common script of the region, later adapted locally as Kanji in Japan,

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