▲ 430 ▼ aleph (quokk.au) submitted 11 months ago by Deceptichum to c/historymemes@piefed.social 39 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] ThisIsAManWhoKnowsHowToGling@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 11 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago It's the same thing though. Basically there are traditional characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapour, and others, and Japan simplified the characters in 1945, then China simplified theirs, but in another way. A better comparison would be the hiragana and katakana being derived from kanji. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago It's the same thing though. Basically there are traditional characters, used in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapour, and others, and Japan simplified the characters in 1945, then China simplified theirs, but in another way. A better comparison would be the hiragana and katakana being derived from kanji. permalink fedilink source parent
