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Another interesting distinction is the one between freeform writing (pen & paper) and selection-based writing (using a keyboard). It takes one order of magnitude more time and memory capacity to learn to write Japanese or Chinese on paper that to type the exact same characters
In the future it's likely very few people will still be able to freeform-write these languages. Even if they keep painstakingly teaching these skills in school, people will forget them quickly enough afterwards due to a lack of usage
It is nowhere near as hard as chinese, but I had to get back to writing french in cursive to educate my son after 20 years and the first few pages were ugly
Do you have supporting evidence for your claims ? For me there is a big question if a computer can invent a written language (graphical representation) based on audio, audio + images. And if this language will be human readable
The main way to learn is exposure
That's why there are tests! And museums, calligraphy! Kind of a whole cultural apparatus, really. Can't speak to Chinese, but even at this point remembering the kanji is less a consequence of fluency and more a goal in and of itself.
Honestly, writing by hand is so 20th century. No idea why we still teach this to kids.
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