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Originally Posted by MRM
Modern Japanese and Korean writing is based on the old style Chinese characters, so there is some commonality between the written languages. Someone from China in their 40s or older learned enough of the ancient writing to be able to read Japanese and Korean, even though the spoken languages are completely different. Those aren't real characters from any Asian language. They may be stylized from the original characters that are supposed to mean something, but those are not authentic characters.
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You mean someone from Japan and Korea can read Chinese, not the other way around.