Why do Japanese people who almost gave up Chinese characters love them more now?

Many of the characters used by the Japanese themselves are extended or changed from Chinese characters, and they cannot do without Chinese characters in interpreting the meaning of words. Nowadays, as our country is getting stronger and stronger, Japan has to learn our culture and achieve the purpose of strengthening exchanges with our country. The origin of the Japanese language is Chinese characters. Without Chinese characters, Japan’s ancient culture would not exist. Nowadays, Chinese culture and Japanese cultural life are even more intertwined.

It is for these reasons that the Japanese not only did not give up Chinese characters, but also loved them even more. Walking on the streets of Japan, the Chinese characters that can be seen everywhere make people feel warm and friendly. Many Japanese people even believe that Japanese with Chinese characters is the most worth learning language. However, more than 70 years ago, Chinese characters were almost extinct in Japan.

In 1945, after Japan announced its surrender, Americans began to intervene in Japan's domestic political affairs. So what can be done to reform this nation with its deep-rooted militarism? The Americans came up with an amazing idea, which was to abolish Chinese characters. Why do Americans hate Chinese characters so much? There are two reasons for this.

First of all, in the eyes of Americans, Chinese characters are as difficult to understand as a bible, it is too complicated. Therefore, Americans think that Japanese people must not be able to learn Chinese characters, so Chinese characters have become an obstacle to Japanese people learning advanced culture. Secondly, during World War II, the Japanese military always used slogans such as "National Special Attack" and "One Hundred Million Jade Broken". These slogans in Chinese characters gave Americans a headache.

More than 98% of Japan’s population knows Chinese characters. Such a high literacy rate could not be achieved even by the advanced United States at the time, so the proposal to abolish Chinese characters came to an end. After this test, the Japanese government also seems to understand that Chinese characters have long taken root in Japan and are difficult to abolish.