Do spelling bees exist in Japan? i know that the Japanese language is pretty much the said the way its spelt. Just curious if they have them there.
2007-06-09 20:33:47 · 4 answers · asked by ptothaflo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Since the two Japanese writing systems, hiragana and katakana, are phonograms, there is an exact match between each sound or phoneme and each letter of the two systems. There's only one way to pronounce each letter of the two systems regardless of in what order they show up, and that's what makes them completely different from English alphabet, though I know English alphabet is also a phonogram.
On the other hand, kanji characters can be read in many ways and it's not easy for even Japanese to read them correctly. So I assume there would be something like "Kanji spelling bees."
And I know there are actually "kanji kentei" or "the Japanese Kanji aptitude tests" conducted nationwide.
kanji aptitude tests:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanji_kentei
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2007-06-09 21:31:27 · answer #1 · answered by Tanaka 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Kanji can be quite overwhelming, and many, many people make small (or large) mistakes in writing them. It is far easier to read than to write, for Japanese people in general. I think that there are Kanji competitions.
2007-06-10 02:50:32 · answer #2 · answered by Fred 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-08 22:05:28 · answer #3 · answered by Erika 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that I know of, because, like you said, it's how it sounds, they would merely be sounding it out.
2007-06-09 21:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋