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1 day ago · Hiragana ( 平仮名, ひらがな, IPA: [çiɾaɡaꜜna, çiɾaɡana (ꜜ)]) is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji . It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana literally means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). [1] [2] [3]
- Katakana
Katakana (片仮名、カタカナ, IPA: [katakaꜜna, kataꜜkana]) is a...
- Hentaigana
Hiragana, the main Japanese syllabic writing system, derived...
- Katakana
1 day ago · Magana (真仮名, true kana) or otokogana (男仮名, men's kana): phonetic kanji used as syllabary characters, historically used by men (who were more educated). Man'yōgana (万葉仮名, kana used in the Man'yōshū): the most prominent system of magana. Sōgana (草仮名, sloppy kana): cursive man'yōgana.
4 days ago · Man'yōgana written in cursive style evolved into hiragana (literally "fluttering kana" in reference to the motion of the brush during cursive writing), or onna-de, that is, "ladies' hand", a writing system that was accessible to women (who were denied higher education). Major works of Heian-era literature by women were written in hiragana.
- vertical right-to-left, left-to-right
- Han
May 7, 2024 · In the traditional Chinese character 媽mā "mother". The left part is the radical 女nǚ "female". The character is the semantic component of a phono-semantic compound ( 形聲字 ), and the right part, 馬mǎ "horse", is the phonetic component. Chinese characters. Chinese family of scripts.
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Apr 24, 2024 · Description Today, among the hiragana glyphs, those not used in school education since 1900 are called "hentaigana". Originally, hiragana had several forms for a single sound. For
