Hiragana
Hiragana (??? literally "smooth kana") are a Japanese syllabary, one of four Japanese writing systems (the others are katakana, kanji and rōmaji). ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Hiragana are used, for example, for: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
See the main article Japanese writing system for more discussion of when the various systems of writing are used. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Each hiragana represents one syllable (technically, one mora), and is either a vowel on its own (such as a あ), a consonant followed by a vowel (such as ka か), or ん, which sounds like the English "m" or "n". ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The presence of hiragana among Chinese characters is usually sufficient to identify a text as Japanese. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ There are two main systems of ordering hiragana, the old-fashioned iroha ordering, and the more prevalent goj?on ordering. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Kana: :For other meanings of Kana, see Kana (disambiguation).... Japanese: When used as an adjective, Japanese refers to anything that originates from Japan. It may refer to more than one article:... Syllabary: A syllabary is a set of written symbols that represent (or approximate) syllables, which make up words. A symbol in a syllabary typically represents an optional consonant sound followed by a vowel sound. In a true syllabary there is no systematic graphic similarity between phonetically related chara... | ~ Table of Content ~
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