Kanji to Morse Code

BernieP2 · 01-11-12, 12:32 PM

Don't know if this is the right place, but here goes ....

Since written Japanese is in Kanji characters, how did the IJN get the message into a form for Morse Code radio transmission?

I know they used Arabic numbers but the prose .... how did they transmit the prose to go with the numbers??

Anyone help me on this??

Berniep2

CCIP · 01-11-12, 01:59 PM

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabun_code

Basically, they did not use kanji, but relied on kana. Japanese doesn't use only kanji in its writing, but also the parallel katakana/hiragana syllabaries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kana

I assume there were rules in the Wabun code to resolve the occasional ambiguities, but otherwise Japanese doesn't really need kanji to be intelligible for military purposes.

BernieP2 · 01-12-12, 09:25 AM

Thanks for that CCIP.

I'd never really thought about it before but as you get deeper in the game, you start thinking out the secondary and teritery issues on both sides.

Thanks again

Berniep2
Fair Winds and Good Hunting

01-11-12, 12:32 PM	#1
BernieP2 Watch Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jamestown, RI Posts: 24 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	Kanji to Morse Code Don't know if this is the right place, but here goes .... Since written Japanese is in Kanji characters, how did the IJN get the message into a form for Morse Code radio transmission? I know they used Arabic numbers but the prose .... how did they transmit the prose to go with the numbers?? Anyone help me on this?? Berniep2

01-11-12, 01:59 PM	#2
CCIP Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Waterloo, Canada Posts: 8,700 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 2	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabun_code Basically, they did not use kanji, but relied on kana. Japanese doesn't use only kanji in its writing, but also the parallel katakana/hiragana syllabaries: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kana I assume there were rules in the Wabun code to resolve the occasional ambiguities, but otherwise Japanese doesn't really need kanji to be intelligible for military purposes. __________________ There are only forty people in the world and five of them are hamburgers. -Don Van Vliet (aka Captain Beefheart)

01-12-12, 09:25 AM	#3
BernieP2 Watch Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Jamestown, RI Posts: 24 Downloads: 50 Uploads: 0	"I see" said the blind man Thanks for that CCIP. I'd never really thought about it before but as you get deeper in the game, you start thinking out the secondary and teritery issues on both sides. Thanks again Berniep2 Fair Winds and Good Hunting