What is japan in the Japanese alphabet?

Answer 1

Japanese doesn't have an alphabet; it has 3 writing systems that aren't alphabetic:

1. Hiragana (syllable writing, used for writing Japanese-unique words, particles, etc...)
2. Katakana (syllable writing, used to write foreign words)
3. Kanji (Chinese characters)

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Hiragana and Katakana Syllables

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A - あ　ア

I - い　イ

U - う　ウ

E - え　エ

O - お　オ

KA - か　カ

KI - き　キ

KU - く　ク

KE - け　ケ

KO - こ　コ

SA - さ　サ

SHI - し　シ

SU - す　ス

SE - せ　セ

SO - そ　ソ

TA - た　タ

CHI - ち　チ

TSU - つ　ツ

TE - て　テ

TO - と　ト

NA - な　ナ

NI - に　ニ

NU - ぬ　ヌ

NE - ね　ネ

NO - の　ノ

HA - は　ハ

HI - ひ　ヒ

FU - ふ　フ

HE - へ　ヘ　(same characters)

HO - ほ　ホ

MA - ま　マ

MI - み　ミ

MU - む　ム

ME - め　メ

MO - も　モ

YA - や　ヤ

YU - ゆ　ユ

YO - よ　ヨ

RA - ら　ラ

RI - り　リ

RU - る　ル

RE - れ　レ

RO - ろ　ロ

WA - わ　ワ

WO - を　ヲ

N - ん　ン

Answer 2

The Japanese alphabet is usually referred to as kana, specifically hiragana and katakana. While the Hiragana consists of 48 syllables, it is a phonetic alphabet where each alphabetic combination represents just a single sound. Thus any Japanese word can be written in a way that can be read without having to remember how the word is pronounced. So the Japanese kana are much simpler, the way something is written is the way it sounds. There is also Kanji, a Japanese system of writing based on borrowed or slightly modified Chinese characters.

Answer 3

In hiragana :

We use the character " じ

"

which is pronounced "djee"/'ji". To make other sounding, we have to add little character "

や

" ("ya"), "

ゆ

" ("yu"), and "

よ

" ("yo"). For example, to make it sound "ju", we'll write "

じゅ

".

In katakana :

Same thing with characters "

ジ

" (djee/ji), "

ヤ

" ("ya"), "

ユ

" ("yu") and "

ヨ

" ("y

o").

Answer 4

Japanese has no alphabet. It uses two syllabaries (Katakana, Hiragana), and about 2000 Chinese characters (Kanji).

In Kanji, it is 日本　

In Hiragana it is にほん

Answer 5

Japan is written as 日本, it can be pronounced Nippon or Nihon.

Nihon is more common but, for example people will chant "Nippon" at sporting events.

Answer 6

If you mean the language, its 日本語 (nihongo), if you mean the people, its 日本人 (nihonjin).

Answer 7

savabn

Answer 8

日本