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The Japanese language has three types of characters: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana are phonetic symbols, each representing one syllable while Kanji is ideogram, each stand...
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Let me just clarify something: Japanese doesn’t actually have an alphabet. Rather, it has 3 very different writing systems that serve different functions. These 3 writing systems are called hiragana, katakana and kanji. While there is technically a 4th system called romaji, it’s not really an official writing system for Japanese (think of it as wri...
I’ll go into the 3 systems in more detail below, and provide you with charts of hiragana and katakana. For obvious reasons, I can’t provide a chart of kanji. You’ll need a separate resource for that. I recommend this one: Kanji Dictionary for Foreigners Learning Japanese - Akimoto, Miharu & Shiga, Satomi & Natsume-sha(it covers the most important 2...
Okay, so there’s no such thing as the Japanese “alphabet”. Only 3 systems of written communication that each play an important role. Two of them are syllabic and easy to learn, much like Korean, while the other is logographic and will take years to acquire (but there’s no urgent need to master it). 🎓 Cite article
Learn about the combination of logographic kanji, syllabic kana, and other scripts used in modern Japanese writing. Find out the history, origin, usage, and pronunciation of kanji, hiragana, katakana, and rōmaji.
Learn the sounds and characters of Hiragana, the main alphabet or character set for Japanese. See the Hiragana chart, audio, exceptions, and combinations with Katakana and Kanji.
Hiragana is a phonetic lettering system used to write Japanese words, especially grammatical and function words, and furigana, a reading aid for kanji characters. Learn about its history, structure, ordering, and usage with examples and diagrams.
Feb 21, 2018 · Learn the basics of the three types of Japanese characters: syllabic kana and kanji, the adopted Chinese characters. Find out how they are used, pronounced and written in different contexts and situations.
May 15, 2023 · Learn how to read and write Japanese with three different writing systems: kanji, hiragana, and katakana. Find out the origins, characteristics, and uses of each system, and see examples and charts.
