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nere
Posted on Thursday, July 08, 2004 - 10:03 pm:   

Hello i'm french so apologize for the wrong english...

I want to know why is the the kanji, the hiragana abd the katakaka.
when are they use ?
what is the most used ?
what is the meaning of each ?

thanks a lot for the following answers.
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Ms. Anon
Posted on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 06:35 am:   

Hello nere,

Kanji are characters that were borrowed from the Chinese, when the Japanese language did not have a writing system. They are symbols that represent ideas, or ideograms.

Hiragana are characters that were created in Japan, based on the Chinese characters, to show the Japanese language phonetically. They are phonetic symbols.

Katakana are similar to hiragana. The difference is that the style of writing is based only on linear strokes. They are phonetic symbols used when writing foreign names.

Because kanji did not fully represent the Japanese spoken language, they are used in combination with hiragana & katakana.

See here for more information: http://www.omniglot.com/writing/japanese.htm
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jimmy chelf
Posted on Tuesday, February 08, 2005 - 08:19 pm:   

i got a question for u people what time of wrighting should i get under my grim reper tattoo i dontknow what kind ok wrighting i should have it in and not old english either
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Roxanna
Posted on Wednesday, February 09, 2005 - 12:51 pm:   

I would like some help translating two symbols on a gong a friend sent me. If you would like to help please email me at peachywoman@gmail.com and I will send you the photo. Thanks!!
Roxanna

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