Articles related to "Japanese Writing"

Before kanji or katakana, the first writing that both Japanese and non-native speakers of Japanese should learn is hiragana. Romaji is provided as a pronunciation guide.

Quotation-like dakuten (ten-ten), the circle handakuten (maru) and small y-set hiragana are added to appropriate hiragana to produce alternate pronunciations.

As English has capital and lower-case letters, written Japanese has katakana to supplement hiragana, for loan words, foreign names, and other special cases.

A fascinating book explores links between sounds, symbols, pictures and scripts including cuneiform, Egyptian and Mayan hieroglyphs and the scripts of Japan and China.

Traveling in Japan can be overwhelming to anyone unfamiliar with Japanese language and culture. A little study can help ease the transition for visitors to Japan.

Japan is a culture with a rich background of ghost stories and folktales that have manifested in a surprisingly modern way throughout the last century.

Tattoos of Chinese characters can be beautiful and meaningful. But, in the wrong hands, they can be inaccurate and even illegible. What are some common tattoo mistakes?

Japanese language students need to memorize many kanji symbols. A good Japanese English dictionary and deck of flashcards are handy study aids.

Today the chrysanthemum graces gardens, cut flower arrangements and even salads; in fact, they are quite common, But this was not always so.