What do you think of Korean nationals' demand that South Korea restore Chinese characters?

Korean belongs to Altaic language family, or an independent language family, with its own grammar and system. For a long time in history, the Korean people did not have their own characters, and local books, classics and official documents were written in Chinese characters, which even became the privilege of scholars and nobles. In the17th century, when Li Jia, the emperor Sejong, was in power, Andrew, a training citizen, was founded, and the Korean people also had their own writing? Proverbs This kind of writing is a kind of phonetic writing, which is easy to master and plays an important role in improving literacy rate and popularizing cultural knowledge. Even people who have never been to school can generally read basic articles and symbols as long as they master the phonetic symbols of proverbs. This plays an important role in improving literacy rate and popularizing cultural knowledge.

But proverbs, because they are pinyin characters, also have an obvious disadvantage, that is, one sound can express multiple meanings. Many Korean words in place names, names and laws come from Chinese. Due to the Korean government's policy of removing Chinese characters for many years, many Chinese characters are given by imitating the pronunciation of Chinese characters in proverbs, which will cause a lot of inconvenience. Korean students can't learn Chinese at school, so they have to learn Chinese in private. This is why many Koreans, especially intellectuals, hope to resume the teaching of Chinese characters.

There are two views on the revival of Chinese characters in Korea:

Some of them are intellectuals and cultural figures mentioned above, and some people with broader ideas and horizons support the restoration of Chinese character education. Another ultra-nationalist in South Korea, who resists Chinese characters, thinks that Chinese character education will not be restored, because in their eyes, Chinese characters are a cultural aggression left over from history. Personally, I certainly support the former, not from the national political standpoint, but out of respect for history and culture. Every country has its own history and culture, and writing itself is an important tool carrier for inheriting these history and culture, and writing itself is also a part of history and culture. The long-term application of Chinese characters in the history of the peninsula can be said to be completely integrated into the history and culture of South Korea. In this case, relying on administrative orders to forcibly remove Chinese characters will cause a cultural gap. Not only that, it will also affect all aspects of society. Legal documents and government documents will be inconvenient to use because of the lack of Chinese characters. After all, the meanings of these articles are abstract and strict. As small as daily life, there will be many jokes that have to be explained, and the efficiency will be much lower.

In the 1980s, after the formation of the generation of eliminating Chinese characters in South Korea, problems also appeared. Therefore, in the late 1990s, South Korean President Kim Dae-jung issued a declaration to restore Chinese characters. However, conservatives are very resistant to this. They believe that Chinese characters can only be taught through elective courses and extracurricular study, and should not be included in compulsory courses. Therefore, although Korean place names and characters have been marked with Chinese characters, Chinese character education has not been resumed in the education stage.

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