[srvmshr]

A good chunk of the roughly ~2100 Kanji have two versions of expression. Some of them have upto 8-10 ways of usage (although very few). As a Japanese resident,

(1) It isn't fun. Not everyone of us knows the whole set and have to keep a digital dictionary in smartphone

(2) We don't assume the names of people based on their Kanji, because (surpise!) people do get offended by minor changes in pronunciation e.g Yamasaki vs. Yamazaki, with similar Kanjis.

That's why I always prefer to inscribe my Japanese notes with Kana in a superscript wherever needed. It is very tight in grammar but the language is not easy by any means. In fact, same goes for Chinese & Koreans.

[Aeolun]

> We don't assume the names of people based on their Kanji

Note that even (or maybe especially) Japanese people don’t do this either.

The first thing anyone introducing themselves does is say how to write/say their name.

[innocentoldguy]

One thing that fascinated me when I first lived in Japan was how people would finger-draw the Kanji for their names on their palms.