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**Jorcelirl** · 07-25-2006, 07:00 AM

Kateyph, the Kanji you are using for Rurouni Kenshin are wrong.

Actually, you're both right. Kateyph was using simplified Chinese characters for "Kenshin" and you were using Japanese kanji. China uses a simplified form of characters in an effort to increase literacy based on the idea that simplified characters are easier to learn. Japan based their writing system on Chinese characters a few centuries ago when trade first began between the two nations and was popularized by one individual in the nobility (can't remember his name though). Some Chinese characters remain the same while others were simplified but, in my view, they should have just stuck with the traditional characters. Just some food for thought

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07-25-2006, 07:00 AM	#21
Jorcelirl Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	Kateyph, the Kanji you are using for Rurouni Kenshin are wrong. Actually, you're both right. Kateyph was using simplified Chinese characters for "Kenshin" and you were using Japanese kanji. China uses a simplified form of characters in an effort to increase literacy based on the idea that simplified characters are easier to learn. Japan based their writing system on Chinese characters a few centuries ago when trade first began between the two nations and was popularized by one individual in the nobility (can't remember his name though). Some Chinese characters remain the same while others were simplified but, in my view, they should have just stuck with the traditional characters. Just some food for thought .
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