their parallel development paths mean that the same character may have evolved different meanings in Japanese and Chinese. For instance, the commonly used kanji “da zhangfu” means “no problem” in ...

According to various sources, including linguistic experts and language databases, here are some of the languages with the most words: Korean With over 1,000,000 words in common use, Korean has the ...

On Thursday, March 20, the Modern Languages and Literatures Department at Grand Valley State University held its annual ...

Many of the headstones are apparently written in kanji, which are Chinese characters adapted and used in the Japanese writing system. “These were probably people who were bachelor wage laborers ...

Honolulu Festival kicked off Friday with private educational school tours at the Hawai‘i Convention Center, offering more than 550 students from 14 schools across Oahu a hands-on cultural experience.

It has been a common misconception for many years that the Chinese language (Mandarin) is the most difficult language to learn. Although I admit that it is by no means easy to learn, I believe that ...

As part of the celebrations of our 125th anniversary, we welcomed past exchange students from China, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam and Thailand to be panelists at an international symposium. The theme ...

This year’s Washin Kai’s spring lecture will be by Professor Davinder Bhowmik from the Department of Asian Languages and Literature at the University of Washington (UW). On April 8, Bhowmik will be ...