Chinese characters were not used in ancient Japan. When Emperor Shen Ying arrived, Chinese characters were introduced to Japan from Baekje. The Japanese secretary, who wrote entirely in Chinese characters, said: "There were no words in ancient times, and it was passed down from mouth to mouth." This was the time of Emperor Shen Ying (reigned from 270 to 3 10).
Baekje sent Archie to Japan. In 285, Wang Ren, a Baekje doctor in the period of King Xiaogu, brought China's Analects of Confucius, Thousand-character Works and Filial Piety to Japan, which was the beginning of Japanese exposure to Chinese characters. After the Three Kingdoms period, Chinese characters and China culture were formally introduced into Japan in large quantities.
Usage:
The use of Japanese covers the whole of Japan (most of the Ryukyu area is used, some indigenous people use Ryukyu, and Japan does not recognize Ryukyu as an independent language).
Japanese is widely used in the world, because the Japanese animation industry has great influence in the world, although it is not the working language of the United Nations. Especially when it comes to ACG, Japanese is almost the only language.
Japanese is an important language in Russia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, South Asia, Oceania, the United States, Canada, Mexico, South America and Britain in Europe.
99 million Internet users use Japanese, ranking fourth in the world. The number of Japanese native speakers is 6.5438+27 million, and the number of users worldwide is 654.38+028,204,860, ranking ninth among 20 countries, while the number of netizens has increased by five places.