Are Japanese forgetting how do you write kanji?

In Japan, all writing is done using kanji except for those intended for school age children. There is no movement in the way of reducing the amount of kanji either. While Japanese may have lost some ability in the way of writing kanji, this is simply not the case in terms of reading.

Does Chinese have an alphabet?

Chinese characters do not constitute an alphabet or a compact syllabary. Rather, the writing system is roughly logosyllabic; that is, a character generally represents one syllable of spoken Chinese and may be a word on its own or a part of a polysyllabic word.

How do you memorize Chinese characters?

Pick a selection, write the character on the top half of the note, with the meaning and pinyin at the bottom, and stick to a wall. Once you think you’ve mastered the character, fold over the note so the meaning and pinyin are hidden and see if you can remember what it means!

What is the most difficult character to write in Chinese?

烏龜 (wūguī， 乌龟 in simplified), meaning turtle, is well known to be extremely complicated to write. Also, the order of the strokes for 龜 is really particular, and even though some people can still write this character, most of them can’t actually have the order of the strokes correct. 有一隻烏龜在水裡游泳。 (Traditional) 有一只乌龟在水里游泳。 (Simplified)

Why do Chinese characters have so few words like “computer”?

When computers were introduced to China, we made an new word by combining “电electric” and “脑brain” instead of inventing a new word like “computer” in English (English speaking people would never call computers electric brains ,but Chinese do.). This make Chinese characters in whole much fewer than English words.

Is a Chinese character an English letter?

But the truth is: a Chinese character is not an English/Latin letter, but it is a word, or even a phrase. If you could recognize 1500 Chinese characters you can use Weibo/WeChat and you can read most of the daily use information printed in Chinese language.