How to Tell the Difference Between Chinese, Japanese, Korean?
Korean
Korean characters are made up of these symbols stacked into a square to form a character. These symbols are like English alphabet except it's stacked into a square, not laid out in a line.
To identify Korean, look for lots circles and ovals.
Chinese
Chinese writing system are ideograph based. Each word is a independent character, not made up by a system of parts.
When you see something that complex, it's Chinese.
Japanese
The Japanese writing system is made up of Japanese phonetic alphabets and Chinese characters.
♦ | – | k | s | t | n | h | m | y | r | w |
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a | あア a |
かカ ka | さサ sa | たタ ta | なナ na | はハ ha | まマ ma | やヤ ya | らラ ra | わワ wa |
i | いイ i | きキ ki | しシ si | ちチ ti | にニ ni | ひヒ hi | みミ mi | ♦ | りリ ri | ゐヰ wi |
u | うウ u | くク ku | すス su | つツ tu | ぬヌ nu | ふフ hu | むム mu | ゆユ yu | るル ru | ♦ |
e | えエ e | けケ ke | せセ se | てテ te | ねネ ne | へヘ he | めメ me | ♦ | れレ re | ゑヱ we |
o | おオ o | こコ ko | そソ so | とト to | のノ no | ほホ ho | もモ mo | よヨ yo | ろロ ro | をヲ wo |
n |
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んン n |
Look for の. It occurs often. It means “of”.