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Kanji and Old Japanese

Shortcuts: Differences, Similarities, Jaccard Similarity Coefficient, References.

Difference between Kanji and Old Japanese

Kanji vs. Old Japanese

Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system. is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language.

Similarities between Kanji and Old Japanese

Kanji and Old Japanese have 18 things in common (in Unionpedia): Adjective, Baekje, Chinese characters, Classical Chinese, Grammatical particle, Heian period, Inflection, Japan, Japanese language, Kana, Kojiki, Man'yōgana, Man'yōshū, Middle Chinese, Nara period, Nihon Shoki, Ryukyuan languages, Sino-Japanese vocabulary.

Adjective

In linguistics, an adjective (abbreviated) is a describing word, the main syntactic role of which is to qualify a noun or noun phrase, giving more information about the object signified.

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Baekje

Baekje (18 BC – 660 AD) was a kingdom located in southwest Korea.

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Chinese characters

Chinese characters are logograms primarily used in the writing of Chinese and Japanese.

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Classical Chinese

Classical Chinese, also known as Literary Chinese, is the language of the classic literature from the end of the Spring and Autumn period through to the end of the Han Dynasty, a written form of Old Chinese.

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Grammatical particle

In grammar the term particle (abbreviated) has a traditional meaning, as a part of speech that cannot be inflected, and a modern meaning, as a function word associated with another word or phrase to impart meaning.

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Heian period

The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.

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Inflection

In grammar, inflection or inflexion – sometimes called accidence – is the modification of a word to express different grammatical categories such as tense, case, voice, aspect, person, number, gender, and mood.

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Japan

Japan (日本; Nippon or Nihon; formally 日本国 or Nihon-koku, lit. "State of Japan") is a sovereign island country in East Asia.

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Japanese language

is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.

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Kana

are syllabic Japanese scripts, a part of the Japanese writing system contrasted with the logographic Chinese characters known in Japan as kanji (漢字).

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Kojiki

, also sometimes read as Furukotofumi, is the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711–712) and composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Genmei with the purpose of sanctifying the imperial court's claims to supremacy over rival clans.

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Man'yōgana

is an ancient writing system that employs Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language, and was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically.

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Man'yōshū

The is the oldest existing collection of Japanese poetry, compiled sometime after AD 759 during the Nara period.

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Middle Chinese

Middle Chinese (formerly known as Ancient Chinese) or the Qieyun system (QYS) is the historical variety of Chinese recorded in the Qieyun, a rime dictionary first published in 601 and followed by several revised and expanded editions.

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Nara period

The of the history of Japan covers the years from AD 710 to 794.

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Nihon Shoki

The, sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history.

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Ryukyuan languages

The are the indigenous languages of the Ryukyu Islands, the southernmost part of the Japanese archipelago.

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Sino-Japanese vocabulary

Sino-Japanese vocabulary or refers to that portion of the Japanese vocabulary that originated in Chinese or has been created from elements borrowed from Chinese.

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Kanji and Old Japanese Comparison

Kanji has 230 relations, while Old Japanese has 98. As they have in common 18, the Jaccard index is 5.49% = 18 / (230 + 98).

References

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