Re: Zeplin in Tokyo - 18 - Kanji

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[joeymountain]

if you don't mind me asking, what is your native background? And nice video, by the way.

[gokuo64]

@joeymountain Thanks, I was born in the USA but my family is from Puerto Rico.

[FallenSpartan128]

Very　intelligent response. Thanks for the mini history lesson at the beginning ;) You should make some more videos.

[gokuo64]

Thanks a lot! I'll think about it, it would be a fun new hobby.

[camreeno360]

With kanji, if you see one you've never seen of currently know, you can't really guess the pronunciation, and likewise you can't write a kanji from hearing a word you don't know the kanji for.

[gokuo64]

It's the similar in English, if you show me a word I've never seen before in my life, I will have a good idea how it sounds but I may be wrong.

[Splazz]

@camreeno360 From my personal experience, after studying kanji for a good few months, patterns do start to emerge. Particularly with the on-yomi, it's often very much possible to guess a kanji's Chinese reading if a certain symbol, or group of symbols is present.

If one already knows a few hundred kanji, it's also possible to guess which kanji might make up a particular 'never-heard-before' word, if the context is sufficient.

[electronixtar]

lol u r takling english like a japanese walawalawalawala

[Ooilei]

But in truth Hanja are used in Korean. They're sparse but still there. It's kind of a weird situation.

[ilovebraziljapan]

Great video!! Very educational!! I learned something new!

I need to type less and write more kanjis xD

In Korea, they still use kanjis for names! The way of reading is different from Japanese and Chinese though.

I have a friend called 花子 which is はなこ in Japanese, but ふぁじゃ in Korean!!

This was really interesting! Great job!

[BlkUnk]

nice response.... i know Zep personally and i think even he would agree with this.

[gokuo64]

Native speakers can can tell how a word is pronounced by just looking at it. For a non-native speaker it's a skill that takes years. A few examples; soul/sole? to/too/two? acts/ax?

allowed/aloud? sail/sale? They sound the same but remembering which is which is difficult! They're also many words that sound the same and are written the same but have different meanings. Other examples; I read this book everyday. I read this book yesterday. It's spelled the same but pronounced differently.