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To: RealMuLan who wrote (46305)	2/9/1999 3:30:00 PM
From: Yogizuna	Respond to of 132070

Yiwu, Yes, what they call "kanji" in Japanese. (Chinese language symbols, evolved from drawings or "pictograms") This is one reason why reading Japanese is so difficult for me, because they use a combination of Chinese symbols with their own unique symbol language. (hiragana and katakana) So you have to know three different systems, to be at the well educated level. Even so, I can read some things, but attaching the proper meaning to each kanji can be very difficult. Is'nt it true, that there are over 6,000 Chinese/"kanji" in existence, some with only very minor differences? (I have to practice up on my brush stroke <g>) Yogi