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11-29-2011, 06:20 AM

I think it's a bad idea but I don't think it's impossible.

They were thinking of abandoning kanji in the meiji era if I remember correctly.

Also, as Taln points out, the Koreans managed to successfully abandon kanji (mostly) due to the invention of hangul which is actually quite an innovative writing system.
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12-04-2011, 08:27 AM

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It was after the war in which this occurred.

Japanese script reform - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"The tōyō kanji list, containing 1850 characters, was published by the cabinet on 16 November 1946 with the intention of completely abolishing the use of kanji in the future. The list reduced the number of kanji deemed appropriate for daily use, and categorized certain kanji for specific use in official publications and documents."
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12-04-2011, 08:15 PM

Don't know much of Japanese, but I believe that any culture/country/people with a language that can be expressed verbally to an intended audience without losing its meaning or requiring outside/physical aid to create context can have its written aspects/graphemes altered or changed.

It’s just more trouble than it’s worth after centuries of an established system. With that being said, only the Japanese can come to the conclusion as to whether or not they want to eliminate the Kanji from their written mode of communication. If it's such a huge inconvenience or if it is impractical, I think they would have done away with it a long time ago.
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12-04-2011, 09:29 PM

I am currently on first year studying Japanese. So far I have learned Hiragana and Katakana. Even from the little bit of knowledge I have acquired so far. I think it'd be really confusing not to have Kanji. A lot of the Senior students say that Kanji really does make reading a lot easier.

There is a certain degree of time and investment you must make to learn each Kanji, but I think it's worth it in the end.

Many words in Japanese can be written down in Katakana and Hiragana in the exact same way, or would sound exactly the same (without the accentuation or intonation).

So I guess it would be sorta like Where and Wear? and They're, Their, and There. If they were all written the same way it would be based on context to figure out what it means right?

Not sure about you, but I think it'd add a lot of confusion into the reading system if you were to eliminate Kanji.

I also think Kanji has a really artistic concept to it too! The Japanese did import the Chinese characters, but I think they made it their own. It's unique and I think they should keep it !
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12-11-2011, 05:33 AM

Get rid of Kanji. no language is better suited for the alphabeta than Japanese.


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12-11-2011, 07:13 AM

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They were thinking of abandoning kanji in the meiji era if I remember correctly.
Yes... just after the war...
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They had to give up the idea because they found it impossible...

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12-11-2011, 11:58 PM

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12-13-2011, 04:45 AM

I dont think it should be ended because its a part if their history and unique to their language. Besides , its easier to write one kanji instead of 2-3 characters.
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