Why are east Asian languages (Korean, Japanese, Chinese) so much more complicated than western ones in their writing system? - Quora
Why do the Korean Hangul and Japanese Katakana share similar looking characters e.g. Hangul (ㄱ,ㅁ,ㅈ) Katakana (フ,ロ,ス)? - Quora
![Chilling 1894 Japanese-Korean Phrasebook for Japanese soldiers stationed in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War, with entries like "Shut up! If you don't, I'll kill you" : r/korea Chilling 1894 Japanese-Korean Phrasebook for Japanese soldiers stationed in Korea during the First Sino-Japanese War, with entries like "Shut up! If you don't, I'll kill you" : r/korea](https://preview.redd.it/4uysnq0m5xz71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9503da9ad18fd8370bdbbd60b3e0b5972e05b244)