Chinese letters in Japan, Korea, and Vietnam: Past, Present, and Future

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Chinese characters are also known as sinographs, and the Chinese writing system as sinography. Non-Chinese languages which have adopted sinography—and, with the orthography, a large number of loanwords from the Chinese language—are known as Sinoxenic languages, whether or not they still use the characters. The term does not imply any genetic affiliation with Chinese. The major Sinoxenic languages are Japanese, Korean, and Vietnamese.

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Endless: Jackie Chan & Kim Hee Sun
AXN & May Trang – Khong The De Mat Em

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