Talk:Hatsune Miku/@comment-34670219-20161216234005/@comment-53539-20161218075811

The reason for the Chinese usage in the Japanese language has more or less to do with ancient times (to sum it up, every time Japan invaded China they came back with a handful more of Chinese writing) and the cultures basically interacting with each other. Its basically the same as why most europeon countries have ABC alphabets.

A lot of the letters used in Japan don't make the same sounds when used in China, even if they using all the same letters. So "初音" won't be spoken as "Hatsune" in China, so "Chuyin" (I hope I got the right word here).

Otherwise I can't see the point of this conversation. You asked where the nae came from, the answer was then supplied by yourself as it happens. My guess is you focused too much on the written English text and not enough on the rest of the poster. So you saw "Hatsune Miku V4 Chinese" and not "初音未来". Either that or you thought it had said "初音ミク" and skipped over it. :-/