Can Chinese readers comprehend Japanese text directly?

If I can only read Chinese, can I comprehend Japanese text directly? The answer is nuanced. While some Sino-Japanese characters remain intelligible due to shared origins, but sometimes they exhibit divergent meanings.

中国語と日本語は漢字を共有していますが、発音体系、文法規則、文化慣習が大きく異なります。

This example text is in Japanese. Despite their shared use of Chinese characters and cultural connections, the Chinese and Japanese languages vary considerably in pronunciation systems, grammar rules and culture practices.

Here's an interesting fact about Japanese writing. The rounded hiragana derived from Chinese cursive handwriting (草书) and the angular katakana was created using selected components of Chinese characters (偏旁部首). You'll find a detailed chart illustrating this evolution in an article: https://zhuanlan.zhihu.com/p/109531152.