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Date: 2009-03-06 10:29 (UTC)From:a) The characters make much more sense in Chinese. Encoding morphemes instead of phonemes is still cumbersome, but at least has consistency. A single one syllable pronunciation per character and "clues" towards pronunciation embedded in the character make Chinese a whole lot easier. When in Japan I often found myself reading in Chinese (what little I can read) and then translating the meaning directly to English.
b) Simplified Chinese characters may stand as perhaps the one real positive achievement of the communist leadership. So much nicer than traditional and most think it does a great job of preserving the unique cultural heritage of the written language while improving literacy.
Bottom line - other than tradition I don't understand why you would stick to Chinese characters when you have something as simple and easy as Hiragana.