South Korean citizens demand that South Korea restore Chinese characters. What do you think?

Korean belongs to the Altaic language family, or an independent language family, and has its own grammar and system. For a long time in history, the Korean nation did not have its own written language. Local books, classics, and official documents were all written in Chinese characters. The use of Chinese characters even became a privilege for scholars and aristocrats. In the 17th century, during the reign of King Chao Sejong of Joseon Yi Ge, "Hunminjeongeum" was founded, and the Korean nation also had its own written script - Hangul. This kind of writing is a pinyin script, which is easy to master and plays an important role in improving the literacy rate and popularizing cultural knowledge. Even people who have never gone to school can generally read and understand the basics of proverbs as long as they master the pinyin. articles and logos. This plays an important role in improving literacy rates and popularizing cultural knowledge.

However, since the proverb itself is a pinyin text, there is also an obvious disadvantage, that is, one sound can express multiple meanings. Many Korean place names, names of people, laws and other words come from Chinese. Due to the Korean government's policy of eliminating Chinese characters for many years, many Chinese characters are only given in Hangul characters to imitate the pronunciation of Chinese characters, which will cause a lot of inconvenience. Korean students cannot learn Chinese in school and have to tutor Chinese characters in private in order to learn. This is why many Koreans, especially those in the intellectual community, hope to resume the teaching of Chinese characters.

There are two groups in South Korea regarding the revival of Chinese characters: one is the intellectual and cultural circles mentioned above, and some people with more open-minded ideas and visions support the restoration of Chinese character education. There are also ultra-nationalists in South Korea who boycott Chinese characters and believe that Chinese character education should not be restored because in their eyes Chinese characters are a cultural invasion left over from history.

Of course I support the former from a personal perspective. This is not from a national political standpoint, but out of respect for history and culture. Every country has its own history and culture. Writing itself is an important tool carrier for inheriting these history and culture. Writing itself is also a part of history and culture. Chinese characters have been used for a long time in the history of the peninsula, and it can be said that they are completely integrated into Korean history and culture. In this case, relying on administrative orders to forcibly remove Chinese characters will cause a cultural gap. Not only that, it will affect every aspect of society. To the extent that legal documents and government documents are inconvenient to use due to the lack of Chinese characters, after all, the meanings of these words are very abstract and the meanings are very rigorous. Even in daily life, many jokes will be made and explanations will be required, which will be much less efficient.

After the generation that de-Chinese characters was formed in South Korea in the 1980s, problems also emerged. Therefore, in the late 1990s, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung issued a declaration to restore Chinese characters. However, conservatives were very resistant to this. They I think this Chinese character can be learned through elective and extracurricular courses and should not be added to the compulsory courses. Therefore, although Korean place names and writing have now resumed the annotation of Chinese characters, Chinese character education has still not been restored in the education stage.

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