Can Japanese Actually Write Japanese Kanji?

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Random Kanji Quiz! I asked Japanese people to write joyo kanji that we all learn in school. How much do they actually remember?

[ThatJapaneseManYuta]

As you can see, many Japanese people can't write some kanji off the top of their head. So how do Japanese people write Japanese? Simple. With a computer or a phone!


I think part of the reason why Japanese people are forgetting kanji is that it's so much easier to use a keyboard instead of a pen and paper. And if you want to learn Japanese, you can do it too! It's such a relief that you don't have to memorise how to write kanji on your own any more.

[oppaipoison]

'why tf are you late for work?'
'sorry some guy in the street was testing my kanji lmao'

[zarinsolkar]

The guy with blue tie and spects is that classmate who always says he haven’t prepared for the tests but still manages to gets A+.

[warilban]

"Battle"


Dude: Ah I see this often in games.


This man has a bright future.

[trjthee]

As a Japanese, kanji is quite hard to remember and write, but it makes reading a lot faster.

[Rudenbehr]

I’m imagining there’s elderly Japanese citizens who complain how kids can’t write Kanji these days.

[lp_grumpy]

Every person who is having a hard time learning kanji just suddenly felt a huge weight lift off their shoulders after this video

[rish_hyun]

Me as a foreigner learning Kanji for almost 2 years
Locals : Why can't we just use hiragana

[JediPanBanam]

I honestly love seeing my Japanese professor sometimes stand for a whole minute in front of the whiteboard and think "how do you write that one?" Knowing the Japanese sometimes struggle with kanji makes me feel a little better about learning them myself.

[yamaguchitadashi]

“i see it a lot in video games”


ahh yes a man of culture

[j.fletcher]

Most japanese people can read kanji perfectly well. It's just that the writing doesnt stick. If you'd ask these folks to type the words, no one would make a mistake

[milklab-milky]

"Kanji is difficult"
"Yeah, kanji is difficult”
"I don't wanna learn them anymore"
"We can just use hiragana"

Me, as a foreigner who learns japanese: I see so much pain in your eyes girls

[ml-intzu]

Kanji is actually difficult to learn, but it is very interesting to know how this character was created or compounded, how ancient Chinese people were inspired. Imagining the meaning of unknown kanji from its parts is also fun.

[jonatanluna]

"Why can't we just use hiragana"
Me. Right now. Learning japanese for the first time.

[MUTSUGORO_]

Japanese language (日本語)

American「🤔」

Englishman「🤔」

Japanese 「🤔」

[issym]

Kanji: *Exists*
English people: Kill me now
Japanese people: Kill me now
Chinese people: *I like your funny words magic man*

[stationeryevolution]

Girl: I don’t want to learn more kanji we can just use hiragana

but i know kanji is pretty much essential if you want to really learn japanese

[paveladamek]

Meanwhile, some native English speakers confuse THEIR with THEY’RE.

[So___]

(Ancient) Japanese people: “This new system of writing called Kanji from our neighboring country will improve our literature and knowledge”
Also (current) Japanese people: “can’t we just use hiragana instead?”

Edit: just FYI, I’m Japanese and I’ve been studying Kanji for more than 15 years so I know how people are stressed about memorizing complex Kanji, though the ones appeared in this video aren’t that hard😂😂 That’s why many Japanese people in the comment section are kinda confused, aware that many non-Japanese might think that Japanese people can’t even use their mother tongue correctly. Please understand that those that are interviewed in this video don’t represent Japanese as a whole, they’re just a part of massive population and there are MANY people, even middle school students, who can understand every Kanji appeared in the video.

[MrEnbyNerdz]

This makes me a little more confident in learning Japanese