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mau.lllanaa :
its so surprising to me that katakana actually came before hiragana, I always thought its the other way around
2025-12-24 07:23:16
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ᴉuuɐ ݁˖Ი𐑼⋆ :
I think this is super interesting. I'm Chinese and don't really know very much about the Japanese language. But I always found the Japanese hiragana script very similar to our cursive scripts, so naturally I got curious. So I did some research and for people that are interested in the parallels of Chinese and Japanese, as well as the origin of hiragana, I really recommend checking out Wang Xizhi as well! As far as I understood it, the Japanese monk Kukai revered Wang Xizhi's cursive script as a model. For example あ is derived from the cursive form of "安" in Wang Xizhi's "Ping'an Tie" and the arc of "ふ", the cursive form of "不", echoes the brushwork described in Wang Xianzhi's "Chunhua Ge Tie". And another cool fact I found: Before the Edo period, the Japanese referred to calligraphy as "Nyūbokudō" (入木道), a term originating from the idiom "入木三分" (rù mù sān fēn), a famous anecdote about Wang Xizhi's brushwork being so powerful it "sank three-tenths of an inch into the wood." I didn't exactly find a good photo of original Wang Xizhi's work, but I did find work of Wang Xizhi, Wang Xianzhi, Huaisu, Sun Guoting, Zhang Xu, Jin Wu Di, Mi Fu, Chen Daofu, Lu Jianzhi, Su Shi, Zhao Mengfu and Wang Duo on XHS for comparison :D
2025-12-24 15:21:20
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Airs :
I didn’t expect Katakana to be more formal than hiragana
2025-12-24 02:29:33
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ally_guacamole :
no wonder why i felt more comfy using hiragana
2025-12-28 03:57:19
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crabjuice21 :
based on one source i found the simplification of 部 to へ is kinda weird. it seems in cursive they ditched the left radical and also ditched the line on the left side of the right radical. then what remained was rotated to become へ. i found it here, which shows the cursive forms: https://royumi.com/the-fascinating-origins-of-hiragana-a-cultural-treasure-of-japan/
2025-12-23 19:47:58
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෴♩Professor of Kuntology♩෴ :
aaa in chinese we have something called nǚ shu (女书) or women’s script! it’s very pretty
2026-02-05 00:39:32
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M. Marmalade :
i knew it, my female chromosome felt good learning hiragana 😂
2026-02-03 00:38:10
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Matthew-in-place :
would you like to do a zoom lecture to my uni class in Sydney?
2025-12-24 05:07:30
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レム・Rem :
「絵文字」 just amazes me more than anything
2025-12-26 05:20:41
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⭑ Japanisch mit Lola ⭑ :
Love This!
2026-03-16 14:44:47
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Goh 🇳🇬🇺🇸 :
I knew hiragana was mainly used by women but I didn’t know that it was literally called onnamoji 😭
2025-12-24 19:05:48
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user4589055562059 :
حسبي الله ونعم الوكيييل 😭😭😭
2025-12-25 20:39:11
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MS; GA :
so interesting! Katakana seems more simple than hiragana, though..I must learn more about this
2026-01-06 08:51:12
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متوكل عبدالقادر :
wow
2025-12-26 10:53:28
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Tokisky :
That is super interesting
2025-12-23 13:11:40
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mundopaster :
女の人
2026-01-21 01:35:28
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🌸☆~𝓐𝓮𝓬𝓱𝓶𝓮𝓪~☆🌸 :
@Nat 😛 @Kokushibo @道人☯️
2025-12-24 07:46:41
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Rocky :
🤣
2025-12-24 02:17:17
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Nia || IRT di Jepang :
Oh I am so sorry for my prejudice. I always thought that japanese people want to separate between the japanese words from foreign words since nowadays we usually see katakana used to represent words from foreign roots 😭😭😭. Thank you for your video, it clarifies everything 😭😭
2025-12-25 00:10:49
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