Claim: Chinese characters for transcribing Slavonic were Chinese characters created for the purpose of transcribing Slavonic sounds into Chinese and many new characters were proposed by Archimandrite Gurias and were later used for transcription into Japanese as well.
Evidence: Chinese characters for transcribing Slavonic were Chinese characters created for the purpose of transcribing Slavonic sounds into Chinese. Many of these new characters were proposed by Archimandrite Gurias, the 14th head of the Russian mission from 1858–1864. These characters were later used for transcription into Japanese as well, with the character pronunciations changed to account for Japanese phonology.