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this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
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Incidentally, Japanese “kanji” (漢字) were more or less outright stolen from China roughly 1500 years ago
Isn't 'stolen' a bit harsh?
If kanji were truly stolen, then the Chinese would need to use a simplified...
Oh no.
Next you are going to say that we stole our alphabet from the Romans, who stole it from the Greeks, who stole it from the Phoenicians!
Chinese characters were also used in Vietnamese and Korean until surprisingly recently.