Re:South Korean students flock to Japan
by tanilama on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @03:51AM
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From my interaction with Korean people here in US, since the modern Korean language has moved on to its indigenous Hangul system, their ability to understand Hanja is limited, nor do they need such ability in daily life.
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Re:South Korean students flock to Japan
by lifthrasiir on Tuesday May 14, 2019 @10:26AM
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It is correct that Hanja is no longer used in daily life, but most people do know enough Hanja to start with. It is still mandatory to learn Hanja in middle schools (AFAIK), and since Hangul is pervasive now the use of Hanja ironically adds a good visual cue---many newspapers frequently use 美 or 英 in place of USA or UK and people is fine with that.