To say which is closest to China, Japan and South Korea, we can start from ancient Japan. At first, Japan only had its own national language, without writing. Until the Chinese culture of our country spread to Japan, many literate Japanese talents chose to use Chinese characters when remembering things. Later, Japan gradually created its own characters on the basis of Chinese characters, that is, writing Chinese characters into various inter-table symbols. In Japanese culture, Chinese characters are ideographic symbols for them, which can represent a thing or a certain point of view.

The Relationship between Korean and Chinese

On the discussion about which is closest to Chinese, Japanese or Korean, historically, we will find that Korean has a great relationship with Chinese in the development process. In the past, South Korea didn't actually have its own writing. Although they all communicated in Korean, there was no systematic writing, so if there was a need for writing at that time, they all used Chinese characters. At that time, ordinary people had no chance to receive education, so only some nobles knew Chinese characters. But a country must have its own characters, so as to create Korean characters.

Chinese has a great influence on Japanese and Korean.

Both Japanese and Korean are greatly influenced by Chinese, and because of this, many people will discuss which is closest to Chinese, Japanese or Korean. The Chinese language and culture in our country has a long history, especially in ancient China. The culture has spread all over the world, and South Korea and Japan are close to our country, which will inevitably have an impact on their writing. Although it seems that Japanese is closer to Chinese in form, it has its unique significance in learning and using.

Although Japanese and Korean are closely related to Chinese from the root, there are great differences in learning these two languages. Yu Quan Education said that which is closest to Japanese or Korean may be in our opinion. What we can see directly is that Japan is closer. After all, there are many Chinese characters in Japanese now.

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