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Why is Japan called Japan in Chinese?

I understand what you mean. Let me talk about it. First of all, the word "日" was not a curse word when the word Japan was born. It was a long time ago that the original inhabitants of Japan used their own language. At that time, it was not There is no real name for the country because of its short stature. Chinese people call it Wosugu Island. After the Tang Dynasty, Japan learned Chinese culture, including language and characters, and then combined it with the alphabet they invented to produce Japanese. However, the Chinese characters they used were the same as ours. The meaning of the source is not exactly the same, but it is also similar. Japan is named after the ancient Chinese meaning, which means the place where the sun rises. Do not think that Japanese is Japanese. It comes from Chinese. Later, for the sake of national characteristics and the convenience of writing and learning, the modern Japanese with pinyin alphabet was invented. The same goes for South Korea. Before 1900, the official language was still in Chinese. Many words in modern Korean are also derived from Chinese. Of course, many words in our Chinese language are derived from Japanese. Many people don’t know the words we use every day, such as service, organization, discipline, etc. Politics, revolution, government, party, principle, policy, application, solution, theory, philosophy, and principle are all Japanese loanwords