How similar are Chinese, Korean, Japanese?

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How similar are Chinese, Korean, Japanese?
Mar 22, 2012 21:10	#31
JIMMYB Points: Join Date: Feb 7, 2007 Status: Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by VANESSAZHONG I have never been to the Northern Part of our country. Maybe that is because I'm scare of the cold weather. Don't worry. You can come here in spring or autumn. It is not as cold as you imagine. But it is too hot in summer.

Mar 23, 2012 03:11	#32
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	When I went to Xi'an last year in August, it was extremely hot to me.

Nov 3, 2012 23:12	#33
GUEST17123	Koreans are very distinct by the eyes, typical Koreans like psy, wondergirls. But few Koreans look like Japanese. Japanese are distinct by the small size and eyes, and have a very polite manners (bowing heads), but still a few look like Chinese people. In China, we should say which ethnic you're talking about. All three are distinct, especially by their eyes.

Nov 24, 2012 09:00

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GUEST51779

im a Korean, and i will explain you difference.
First, koreans, Japanese, and Chinese are different. Just like Italians, French and English are different.
Han people and Korean, Japanese are different. Genetic analysis and archaeological evidences shows that Mongolians, Manchurian, Korean and Japanese are closer to each other than they are to Han people. Their languages(Korean, Japanese, Mongolian, Manchurian) are closely related to Ural-Altaic family, but Chinese use Sino-tibetian languages.
There are many theories where Koreans originated, but some archaeological evidences, like unique style Korean bronze sword from 3000 years ago and huge dolmens exist. Some anthropologists say that in ancient time, one group of people, that are nomadic and horse-riders from northern Asia, moved east and reached Korean peninsula and integrated with indigenous groups that were farmers-and they say that this is described indirectly in Dangun myth, which is the first known story that was made about 4000 yrs ago according to some Korean historians.
Han people are founders of ancient Chinese culture that was located in Huang-He river basin. They have their own mythology, and had high-quality bronze metals. They wiped out many local tribes in central china about 2~3000 yrs ago, including M

Jan 21, 2013 07:02	#35
GUEST35225	dude the chaoxian (korean )they came to china in world war 2

Apr 3, 2013 02:34	#36
GUEST04052	They are different ethnics. Japanese and Korean languages are closer to Altaic languages than Sino Tibetan languages. Culturally China culture influenced a lot to both countries.

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