​       Kanji (漢字; Japanese pronunciation: [kandʑi] ) are the character that are used in the modern Japanese writing system along with Hiragana and Katakana. Kanji are the adopted logographic Chinese characters which originally derived from hieroglyphics, and have slowly evolved from pictures to letters.

Kanji, Chinese characters, first came to Japan through the official seals, letters, swords, coins, mirrors, and other decorative items imported from China. The earliest known instance of an import was King of Na Gold Seal given by Emperor Guangwu of Han to a Yamato emissary in 57 AD.1 Before Kanji were imported to Japan, Japanese language had not have writing form, and texts were written and read only in Chinese. However Chinese and Japanese aren't related so they have completely different and incompatible grammar system. Japanese invented a system to use Chinese characters but still remain the rules of Japanese grammar. There were still words in Japanese that needed to be represented that didn't have a good Chinese equivalent. So Japanese created their own language system called Man’yōgana and Katakana. On the other hand, Japanese has a lot of loan words from Chinese that came over with the writing system which describe things that Japanese didn't used to have very good words for.

Japanese and Chinese Kanji order
China and Japanese use a different writing order. The reason for this is that Japanese were more concerned with the past natural flow, rather than the rationalization or efficiency of writing. In China the writing order was not based on the style of calligraphy. But in actuality was decided by a low or rule for writing. This is thanks to the rather systematic ideals of Confucianism. They needed a more concise system, since China is a populous country, constantly influence of the western world. In Japan, Kanji is more cultural or spiritual. Japanese people of the time thought much more about its history, applying many roots of old hieroglyphics.