@sls@neuromatch.social
prof at UCSB. neuroscience, optics, imaging, computation http://slslab.org/ also http://labrigger.com/ signal: laveresmith.10
I agree that the first two, kana, aren’t hard to learn.
But that third one, kanji, takes some work. Thousands of characters to learn and 2-6 pronunciations for each (or more, like 生). (By contrast, Mandarin characters often have a single pronunciation.) Still, you pick it up as you go. It’s fun to learn.
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