Japanese Writing

Japanese language is written in a mixture of Kanji, Hiragana, and Katakana. Kanji is adapted from Chinese characters. It is said there are 48.000 characters of Kanji, but only about 5.000 to 10.000 are commonly used. Each Kanji usually has two readings, they are “on” reading that is adapted from the Chinese pronunciation and “kun” reading that is show characters meaning in Japanese language. One Kanji often has more than one meanings and sounds. Hiragana and Katakana are more simple than Kanji. Hiragana and Katakana characters are adapted from a part of Kanji. Both have only 46 syllabic characters and same pronounciation. The different between Katakana and Hiragana is their uses. Hiragana is used to write native Japanese words and Katakana is used to write words of foreign language and some onomatopoeia.

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