Kanji Story - How Japan Overloaded Chinese Characters
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Why it's on BrighterTube
Hand-picked by a BrighterTube curator · found via Lazyt3ch/awesome-youtube · 86% confidenceNativLang is an animated linguistics channel known for careful sourcing (it lists references) and for showing how linguists know what they claim; untangles a confusing writing system historically.
What you'll learn
How Japanese adapted Chinese characters, producing multiple readings (on'yomi and kun'yomi) for each kanji.
Video by NativLang, played through YouTube's embedded player.
Part of Animating a world of stories - languages and cultures
Go deeper
- Genki I: An Integrated Course in Elementary JapaneseGenki I, the standard beginner Japanese textbook
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