Talk:『 』/@comment-118.173.149.112-20151014190301/@comment-141.138.25.217-20161012174450

Japanese basically "stole" the alphabet from the Chinese aeons ago, which is why  『 空白 』  can be read in both Japanese and Chinese. However, 『 空白 』  is read differently in Chinese (it's read as kōng gé, I think) than in Japanese (kūhaku).