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Uploaded by on Jun 14, 2011

All the words on WhatJapanThinks:
http://whatjapanthinks.com/2011/06/13/japanese-kanji-with-surprising-chinese-...

Even though Japan got kanji from China, it doesn't mean their words match up too well. Here are some of the most surprising word meanings between Japanese and Chinese!

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  • Aawww Hashi is adorable!

    "...that's why i hired you" and we thank you for it Koichi :D

  • @fallintoyesterday Just boring old "bridge", I imagine :(

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  • Lol this reminds me of this friend of mine. Her name is Mina which in Japanese means Beautiful greens while in Chinese it's pronounced Mei Cei or Mei Chan which ironically means American Food XD

  • Nice glasses :)

  • well...

    its not exactly correct.

    it depends on which period of chinese you are referring to.

    Modern Chinese, does have some differences to Japanese Kanji

    especially for things that are invented later... might name differently.

    in old/ancient Chinese literature, the meaning of those word are the same in one way or the other. (depends on how you use it.)

  • I am still amazed how Japanese can use "大丈夫" as "that's OK" in Japanese. "大丈夫“ means ”real man” in Chinese

  • @JarHead54321 It does actually XD There're a lot of words that sound the same (sometimes with slight variations on where the accent/stress/pitch goes) that mean different things. For example, ame (あめ)can be 雨, meaning rain, or 飴, meaning candy. ^^ Both confusing and fun~ hahaha

  • You both are too adorable XD

  • Kanji?hanji? The mandarin pronunciation is Hanzi, meaning Chinese characters. Is hanji the Japanese pronunciation?

  • Love hashi -3

  • I always thought Hashi meant Chopsticks in Japanese... LOL XP

  • Handsome haha? Names can lie too.

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