<p>Almost all Japanese characters (in my experience >99%) are exist in Chinese. Few are changed a little, like 宮 and 宫. As a Chinese, I have no difficulty in recognizing Japanese characters.</p>

<p>Some of Chinese characters is simplified in simplified Chinese, but remain unchanged in Japanese, like 車 and 车.</p>

<p>There are some rare Japanese characters which doesn't has corresponding Chinese character.　But they are still formed by components used in other characters.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-02-10T12:24:33.543Z
How often and when Chinese character decomposition is applied to Japanese characters?
Nicolay Shinkin
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-02-10T13:02:20.917Z
Almost always except hiragana and katakana.
Zang MingJie
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-02-10T11:43:06.467Z
2017-02-10T11:43:06.467Z
Zang MingJie
<p>Decomposition Option of the Chinese Character 天 tiān ‘sky’</p>

<p>天 tiān ‘sky’
一 yī one
大 dà big
一 yī one
人 rén man</p>

<p>天一 大 一 人 </p>

<p>NB. Synonyms: Structural analysis of the Chinese characters, Breakdown of the Chinese characters, Chinese characters split.</p>

CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-02-10T08:52:55.703Z
Japanese kanji came from Chinese characters. Some kanji retain the original meaning, some do not.  Beside some Japanese original coined new kanji, they are exactly the same characters.
Tang Ho
CC BY-SA 3.0
2017-02-10T09:49:26.337Z
Thanks for the explanation.  Japanese characters are Chinese in their nature, aren't they?
Nicolay Shinkin
<characters>
Are Chinese and Japanese characters decomposed the same way?
# Are Chinese and Japanese characters decomposed the same way?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-02-10)

Decomposition Option of the Chinese Character 天 tiān ‘sky’

天 tiān ‘sky’
一 yī one
大 dà big
一 yī one
人 rén man

天一 大 一 人

NB. Synonyms: Structural analysis of the Chinese characters, Breakdown of the Chinese characters, Chinese characters split.

**Tags:** characters
> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Japanese kanji came from Chinese characters. Some kanji retain the original meaning, some do not.  Beside some Japanese original coined new kanji, they are exactly the same characters.  
> **username_0**: Thanks for the explanation.  Japanese characters are Chinese in their nature, aren't they?  

---

## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2017-02-10. Score: 3

Almost all Japanese characters (in my experience >99%) are exist in Chinese. Few are changed a little, like 宮 and 宫. As a Chinese, I have no difficulty in recognizing Japanese characters.

Some of Chinese characters is simplified in simplified Chinese, but remain unchanged in Japanese, like 車 and 车.

There are some rare Japanese characters which doesn't has corresponding Chinese character.　But they are still formed by components used in other characters.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: How often and when Chinese character decomposition is applied to Japanese characters?  
> **username_2**: Almost always except hiragana and katakana.  

---

