http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja

First paragraph:

"Because hanja never underwent major reform, they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and kyūjitai characters. Only a small number of hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean."

JimmySeal wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanja

First paragraph:

"Because hanja never underwent major reform, they are almost entirely identical to traditional Chinese and kyūjitai characters. Only a small number of hanja characters are modified or unique to Korean."

So can S. Korean people read Hanja?

but they never use no chinese characters there forgettin curve long gone

Last edited by warakawa (2012 September 10, 3:08 am)

yudantaiteki wrote:

warakawa wrote:

but they never use no chinese characters there forgettin curve long gone

I have no idea what that means.

For a moment I thought that I didn't get it because English is not my mother tongue - I'm glad to find out that a native speaker has the same problem.

warakawa wrote:

Inny Jan wrote:

yudantaiteki wrote:

I have no idea what that means.

For a moment I thought that I didn't get it because English is not my mother tongue - I'm glad to find out that a native speaker has the same problem.

but yudantaiteki no native speaker hez a jappon jin thus he no understood my domestic engrish

LOL You're killing me xD

On the topic, I'm not that exposed to Korean, but I've never seen Chinese characters in Korean texts, for example on products or Youtube.
*Checking the links*

Last edited by undead_saif (2012 September 10, 5:16 am)

They can't write it.come Japanese newspaper asked 100 or so Korean college students to write Republic of Korea ( Dae han minguk) and most people could not do it. For example people could not remember the kanji for han which is Korea like one person wrote the kanji for car since they couldn't remember and just wanted to write what looks like han.

They keep changing around the hanja education so it depends on who you're asking about too like some generations get thorough education or shall I say drilling.

I don't know about reading but you can imagine since the never use hanja nowadays and from want other people said. And it's easier to read/ recognize the meaning then write so who knows

Last edited by howtwosavealif3 (2012 September 10, 5:53 am)

warakawa wrote:

Thank you. This is exactly my point, quoting from Wikipedia that Korean high school students learn Chinese characters means nothing.

It doesn't mean nothing.  Are you trying to say you remember nothing you learned in high school that you haven't used since?  I think if they take the time to learn 1800 characters, they're going to retain a lot of knowledge of them, even if they don't use them much afterward.

Were these replies in the forum thread I referred you to unsatisfactory, or did you not even bother to look at it?
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index. … try4954769
http://www.chinahistoryforum.com/index. … try4956307

From my experience, not in the slightest, bar some basic few like numbers.