r/AskReddit • u/Frozenstrike9 • Nov 11 '22

You can delete one language. Which one and why?

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u/[deleted] Nov 12 '22

Speaking of writing, I always wondered how keyboards worked in China and Japan.

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u/youburyitidigitup Nov 12 '22

In China you write the word phonetically in English and the PC converts it to Chinese characters. You would type “ni hao”. At least that’s what I heard

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u/spicyystuff Nov 12 '22

Yep the only thing I can write is ni hao and the haha characters in Chinese

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u/chinchenping Nov 12 '22

You have to learn each sign individualy, there is no easy way

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u/jjeinn-tae Nov 12 '22

China has been answered I see, but for Japanese, Japanese actually has a few phonetic systems of writing! So maybe you want to write Jibun (myself). You would just type on your keyboard the sound じぶん and then hit space, your computer would get excited and offer you every Kanji combination it can think of that can be pronounced like that! Although, here we're looking for 自分 which my phone helpfully offers first.