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minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·4 months agoalso hot take: US schools should teach 100–300 most common kanji (their meanings and pronunciations in Mandarin) if nothing else to dispel the myth that logograms are “too hard to learn” for English speakers
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-24 months agoIf it’s Mandarin, they’re hanzi, kanji is specifically Japanese 😝 In 3 months, you could learn 300 at 5 per school day. That’s not even too crazy.
minus-squarespicy pancake@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoTIL what kanji are called in Mandarin (I’m a weeb and have only studied Japanese haha)
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 months agoHah, same for the most part. I have a lot of Chinese friends though, so have learned a tiny bit about Mandarin.
also hot take: US schools should teach 100–300 most common kanji (their meanings and pronunciations in Mandarin) if nothing else to dispel the myth that logograms are “too hard to learn” for English speakers
If it’s Mandarin, they’re hanzi, kanji is specifically Japanese 😝
In 3 months, you could learn 300 at 5 per school day. That’s not even too crazy.
TIL what kanji are called in Mandarin (I’m a weeb and have only studied Japanese haha)
Hah, same for the most part. I have a lot of Chinese friends though, so have learned a tiny bit about Mandarin.