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1 day ago · Hiragana developed from man'yōgana, Chinese characters used for their pronunciations, a practice that started in the 5th century. The oldest examples of Man'yōgana include the Inariyama Sword, an iron sword excavated at the Inariyama Kofun.
- Katakana
In modern Japanese, katakana is most often used for...
- Hentaigana
However, katakana's variant forms are fewer than hiragana's...
- Katakana
1 day ago · Kana (仮名, Japanese pronunciation:) are syllabaries used to write Japanese phonological units, morae.Such syllabaries include (1) the original kana, or magana (真仮名, literally 'true kana'), which were Chinese characters used phonetically to transcribe Japanese, the most prominent magana system being man'yōgana (万葉仮名); the two descendants of man'yōgana, (2) hiragana (平 ...
2 days ago · Japanese (日本語, Nihongo, [ɲihoŋɡo] ⓘ) is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people. It has around 120 million speakers, primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language, and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages ...
4 hours ago · Below are lists of the largest stars currently known, ordered by radius and separated into categories by galaxy. The unit of measurement used is the radius of the Sun (approximately 695,700 km; 432,300 mi).
1 day ago · Early life and education John Joseph Nicholson was born on April 22, 1937, in Neptune City, New Jersey, the son of a showgirl, June Frances Nicholson (stage name June Nilson; 1918–1963). Nicholson's mother was of Irish, English, German, and Welsh descent. Nicholson has identified as Irish, comparing himself to the playwright Eugene O'Neill, whom he played in the film Reds: "I'm not saying I ...
5 days ago · Castorena will be sentenced to life in prison on Sept. 3. Sign up to get crime news sent straight to your inbox each day. An Arapahoe County jury on Thursday found 22-year-old Joseph Mario ...
