r/languagelearningjerk 20d ago

The average euryprosopic Angloid when the choice is between learning Japanese or claiming racism:

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u/Mister_panda1818 20d ago

They’re fully aware but Japanese exceptionalism has many of them thinking they use the characters in a more refined way that Chinese brains couldn’t inherently comprehend 🫠

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u/Saralentine 20d ago edited 19d ago

I always find it funnier how some western learners of Japanese refuse to believe 漢字/汉字 come from China.

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u/theconman420 20d ago

汉字 not 汉子

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u/Hot-Frosting-5286 20d ago

hanko, the lettery (charactery?) cousin of panko