I can remember some hiragana and katakana characters. If the two languages are similar enough, maybe I could learn Chinese easier…

  • because this word is from China. But don’t forget that Japan is a independent nation, japanese needed to talk before they touched China, so they had created thousands of words before they could learn from China.凄(sugo,qi1)强(tsuyo,qiang2)人(hito,ren2)夜(yoru,ye4)最(motto,zui4)they are completely different right?and you must learn this words at startup. when you finally find out the original words and grammars, you can learn many advanced words from China.