Im learning Chinese at school and I might be learning japanese in the summer Will Japanese help my Chinese?

Question

I am not good at at writing Chinese perfectly so i think Japanese will help in that regard even though i have to learn Hiragana and Katakana.Learning japanese Kanji(chinese characters) will help me understand Chinese writing even though the words are different. LOl tell me what you think.

Answer 1

I learned Chinese first and Japanese second. The Chinese helped a lot with Japanese. There is a "meta-level" that bringing in Japanese will do for you. You will see languages that are close enough but different enough to see contrast, and then you'll have a better understanding of the nuance of the languages. I would only worry about confusion of memorization if that is a particular problem that you have. Some people can learn multiple languages at the same time without confusion. Others get confused with the meanings of terms within English.

Answer 2

The only thing Japanese will help you is Kanji - which is based on Chinese characters. However, for someone who's just learning Chinese now, it may not be a good idea because it may be additional memorization work you need to do.

On the other hand, Japanese grammar is very different from Chinese so you won't mix the two up too much.

I think you should focus on one language (Chinese in this case) first until you're at the intermediate level before starting Japanese.

On the other hand, if you want to learn Spanish or another European language over the summer, that's okay.

Answer 3

I'm taiwanese and I don't think so.

Japanese through a long time's evolution has become much different from Chinese. Though in 7th Japanese is just like Chinese.

Answer 4

I suppose, although Chinese is considered more complicated than Japanese even if Japanese contains many similar characters. Either way I think you'd have trouble learning how to write Chinese, I know I'm still struggling even though I take Chinese school.

Answer 5

Congratulations! The concepts conveyed in Kanji are very similar between Chinese and Japanese, but not necessarily identical in all cases. I cannot say whether this will help you, or confuse you.

Answer 6

uhh..its more like the chinese will help you with your japanese. Japanese its a bit different when it comes to the meaning of the chinese character.

Answer 7

No, Japanese is a separate language from chinese

Answer 8

u might get confused cause they are similar. kinda but they are two completely different languages. but once you learn one the second should be easier.

Answer 9

If the two languages turn out to be similar, then it might help, other than that...you are screwed...(you will be really confused.)

Answer 10

nope! japanese and chinese are two completely different languages.