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This might not be FULLY true, but i believe that in Hiragana (ひらがな) there are 46, i am not quite sure about Katakana (カタカナ) or Kanji.
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∙ 13y agoThere are 46 Hiragana characters, 46 Katakana characters, and as of 1982, 1006 Kyouiku Kanji, which adds up to 1098 total characters.
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∙ 13y agoin common use today there are about 1800 kanji but before hiragana and katagana were invented there were over 10000
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∙ 6y agoThere are 46 characters used in 47 monographs (one obsolete) and 21 digraphs.
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∙ 13y agoThis is a trick question. Japanese has no alphabets. it has 2 syllabaries (katakana and hiragana), and a set of about 2000 kanji (chinese characters).
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Why are some Japanese characters the same as Chinese characters?
Many Asian cultures were influenced by China. Japan is no exception. Before Japan's introduction to Chinese, they had no writing system. So Japan eventually adapted, as well as changed, the Chinese language, which explains why many Chinese characters are still used in the Japanese language. Also, a section of the modern Japanese language called 'kanji' consists of Chinese characters. == ==
Does Japanese have some Chinese characters in their language?
Yes they do.
I keep looking but all I can find are Chinese. Where can I look up Japanese characters online?
Japanese language uses 2 alphabets (hiragana and katakana) in addition to more complex characters that are derived from the Chinese written language. Kanji (Japanese characters) are the same as Chinese characters.
How many Japanese characters arethere?
there are 5 thousand Japanese characters
Whose written language did the Japanese adapt to form their own?
The Japanese adapted Chinese characters to write their own language. The Japanese scholars began using kanji or "Chinese writing," to write Japanese words.
Whose written language did the Japanese borrow?
The japanese first borrowed from the Chinese. Then they simplified the chinese characters into the 50 'kanas'
What type of Japanese does Naruto speak?
There is only one of Japanese language. You might got confused about the kanji and kana characters.
What is Scotland in Japanese?
The Japanese word for 'Scotland' is the same as in English, but approximated into the language with native phonemes. Written in Japanese it is: スコットランド. In English characters, it is "sukuttorando."
Kana and Kanj are two major characters of what written language in what Asia country?
Japanese
How do you say do you me in Japanese?
A person would say the word me in Japanese as Watashi ni. The Japanese use special characters and symbols that represent varying words in their language.
Are there any similarities with the Japanese language and the Chinese language?
Japanese and Chinese written language share some characters known as Han Zi. Japanese also uses Kanji that is not used in Chinese. Modern Chinese is read from left to right and top to bottom (like English). Japanese is not.
How many Japanese language schools are there in California?
People can study Japanese at these 4 Japanese language schools in Canada: Atlas Japanese Language School in Toronto, Coquitlam Japanese Language Academy in Vancouver, the Ottawa Japanese Language School and the Vancouver Japanese Language School. I could not find a definite answer to this question as some language sites only had one or two Japanese language schools in Canada.
