Hiragana ひらがな
Hiragana (平仮名, lit. “smooth kana”) are a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are katakana, kanji and rōmaji). Hiragana are used for: Japanese words for which there are...
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Katakana (片仮名, literally: “fragmentary kana”) is a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are hiragana, kanji and rōmaji). Katakana characters are characterized by...
View ArticleFurigana 振り仮名
Furigana (振り仮名) are smaller kana printed next or above kanji in order to indicate its pronunciation. In horizontal text (yokogaki 横書き) they are placed above the line of text, while in vertical text...
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