most but not all of the chinese characters have the exact same definition as kanji (chinese characters in japanese).
on a more interesting note, it seems like more advanced vocabulary tends to be the same in both chinese and japanese (like the term philosophy), but basic stuff like fast, pretty, slow, etc, tends to be more different.
biggest difference would definitely be pronunciation for the most part. sometimes they sound similar but at other times yeah they're completely different.
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