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A Japanese Speaker Tests Reading Simplified Chinese

That Japanese Man Yuta · Demo · 12 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Can Japanese People Read Chinese? (Mandarin, Simplified)
Why it's here

HN uses it to answer whether Japanese speakers can read Chinese: they can guess a lot, but not reliably.

What it covers

Yuta, a Japanese YouTuber, tests how much simplified Chinese a Japanese person can read, working with a Mandarin speaker. The video shows where shared kanji help and where meanings differ.