The difference between Japanese kanji and Chinese kanji

The difference between Japanese kanji and Chinese kanji

Kanji originated from China. We used to use Chinese kanji in Japan before. Nowadays, “Philosophy”, “Civil law” and other traditions of Western language are translated into Japanese. Then these are sent across the sea to China. Because Japanese and Chinese often used the same characters, kanji, even Japanese people who don’t know Chinese can sometimes understand the meanings when they see Chinese writing. Also, Japanese people who have never learned Chinese and Chinese people who have never learned Japanese can communicate with each other by writing. In this way, Kanji that have the same origin and the same calligraphy can be useful for Japanese and Chinese people, but a single phrase may mean different things in the two languages. Of course speaking Japanese is completely different from speaking Chinese.