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China Is Rapidly Overtaking the United States as the World's Scientific Superpower (futurism.com)
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[–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

I can read probably 1000ish kanji (maybe more), and some are super easy. Others are less so 漢 -> 汉 is .... what?

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I have a feeling I'll have to learn traditional and simplified at the same time and that feels a bit daunting. 😅

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    AFAIK, if you're targeting mainland China and don't need to read anything historic, simplified should be enough. Anywhere else, you would need to learn them. I quite like this YouTuber for various linguistic stuff on Chinese: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8EFhnMaVRk

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    Oh yeah, definitely, although I'm more concerned about committing them to memory, since the simplified characters lose some meaning and you're expected to make up for it. I guess I've forgotten the meaning of simple kanji like 免 one too many times. Thanks for the link, though! I'll check it out.

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