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01-23-2009, 04:54 AM

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I heard from someone that another class they teach is Chinese Literature because they are able to read the literature with their Kanji knowledge
No, Japanese people cannot read Chinese. They may be able to recognize characters, but the way Chinese characters are used is very different than Japanese.

Japanese adopted Chinese characters in the same way English adopted the Roman alphabet. That doesn't mean we are able to read Greek, though.
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