Japanese syllabary; kana characters
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
Japanese syllabary; kana characters
neutralRefers to the Japanese phonetic writing system, specifically 'hiragana' and 'katakana'. Hiragana is derived from cursive forms of Chinese characters, while katakana is derived from components of regular script Chinese characters.
Xué学
xí习
Rì日
yǔ语
shǒu首
xiān先
yào要
zhǎng掌
wò握
jiǎ假
míng名
。
To learn Japanese, you must first master kana.
Rì日
yǔ语
wén文
zhāng章
yóu由
hàn汉
zì字
hé和
jiǎ假
míng名
hùn混
hé合
xiě写
chéng成
。
Japanese texts are written using a mixture of kanji and kana.
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Píng平
jiǎ假
míng名
kàn看
qǐ起
lái来
bǐ比
jiào较
yuán圆
rùn润
，
piàn片
jiǎ假
míng名
zé则
bǐ比
jiào较
fāng方
zhèng正
。
Hiragana looks relatively rounded, while katakana looks more angular.
Wài外
lái来
yǔ语
tōng通
cháng常
yòng用
piàn片
jiǎ假
míng名
shū书
xiě写
。
Loanwords are usually written in katakana.