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Disclaimer of sorts: Don’t take the following post on Chinese, Korean, and Japanese too seriously. It’s not meant to be offensive. It’s sort of a joke. It’s just a quick dirty not-quite-foolproof 30 second lesson on how to differentiate between the three languages. ♥

Admittedly, being able to tell the three apart is not an important life skill. But! it does give one the ability to say, “Look at that pretty Chinese website (sign, artwork, writing, &c.)” with confidence. If a girl can tell languages apart, she won’t have to fear nasty reprimands of this nature: “OMG! You idiot, that’s Korean!” (Have you ever been reprimanded in this way? XD )

So, here we go.

Chinese and Japanese do not have stand-alone circles! If you see a circle, it’s Korean. The image above is Korean. The circles are gray.

With this one, it’s a bit harder. Generally, Japanese is less complicated than Chinese. If you see simplistic looking roundish or stick-like characters, it’s Japanese. In the image above, the roundish characters are purple.

Chinese just looks complicated. ♥

A quick review: Remember, Korean = circles; it’s the least complicated. Japanese = no circles and medium complications; it features simplistic roundish/stick-like characters. Chinese = no circles; it looks very complicated.

Now that you’re fluent in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese you can tell them apart, figure out which line in the following image belows to which language. After you’ve figured it out, look at the solution.

That’s it. You can thank me for making you slightly more clever? Anyway, comment if you know of any clever ways to tell any languages apart (these included). Also, e-cookies and much love to anyone who recognizes any of the material quoted in any of the images above.