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What are the three Japanese writing?

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14y ago
Updated: 3/15/2020

The three types are "Hiragana", "Katakana" and "Kanji".

Hiragana are simplified Kanji symbols, and have specific sound pronunciations.

Katakana are made from elements of Kanji symbols, and have specific sound pronunciations, but are used mainly for loan words, scientific words, onamatopeia, and sometimes to break apart a Kanji character which would be too complex to show in its entirety.

Hiragana and Katakana make up the "Kana" symbols of Japanese.

Kanji are Chinese symbols. Rather then having a direct meaning, they portray an idea - two Kanji characters together can have a meaning different from the original kanji characters.

Hope that helps! =)

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