Why Japanese Kanji look like the Chinese Symbols?
Historically, the Kanji Writing System was imported from China, but as time the time went by, kanji writing has evolved into a part of the Japanese Writing System by using the borrowed ideograms to indicate pronunciation. Although we use Kanji characters as much as Chinese people use, Japanese people use less Kanji characters comparing to Chinese people. Even if you look at some of the Japanese culture, there are some adoption of cultural and religious materials from China too. For instance, Chinese herbal medicine is quite popular in Japan.
