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Japanese writing system what's Hiragana,Katakana Kanji
Japanese writing system Hiragana,Katakana,Kanji(Chinese character)
Hiragana is one of the three major Japanese writing system.
Hiragana is called Gojyu-on.
which means 50 types of sounds
But, actually Hiragana has more than 50 sounds
Hiragana is not used to express words
which originate from foreign language
Example: AIUEO
Kya Kyu Kyo
GAGIGUGEGO
PAPIPUPEPO
GAKKOU, DENSYA
Katakana
Katakana is one of the three major Japanese writing system.
Katakana is also called Gojyu-on.
which means 50 types of sounds
but actually Katakana has more than 50 sounds
Katakana is mainly used to express words
which originate from foreign language.
Example: AIUEO
kyakyukyo
GAGIGUGEGO
PAPIPUPEPO
TEREBI
Bus
Kanji
Kanji is one of the three major Japanese writing system
Kanji is used to express words
instead of Hiragana or Katakana
Kanji originate from China.
So, Kanji is called Chinese character in English.
There are a lot of Kanji used in Japanese.
Example
Yama, Eki, Densya
Kuukou, Kuruma