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手紙 doesn't mean toilet paper, 勉強 doesn't mean reluctant, and 大丈夫 has nothing to do with husbands — the most entertaining and treacherous kanji traps for Chinese speakers.
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山, 川, 人, 大, 小 — these kanji look the same and mean the same in both Chinese and Japanese. For Chinese speakers, this is the biggest head start in learning Japanese.
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来, 国, 会, 体, 画 — these Japanese kanji are identical to Simplified Chinese. Mainland Chinese readers have their own kanji advantage too.
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長, 東, 書, 電, 語, 問, 動 — these Japanese kanji are identical to Traditional Chinese. If you read Traditional Chinese, your Japanese head start is bigger than you think.
