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Dakuten and handakuten
Dakuten ゛ (also called ten-ten ("dot dot") and handakuten ゜ (also called maru ("circle") are two signs that are used in the Japanese kana syllabaries hiragana and katakana to change the sounds of some of the characters. They are written after the character. Ten-ten is used more than maru.
An example is the hiragana character は ha.
It becomes ば ba with ten-ten added. It becomes ぱ pa with maru added.
An example is the hiragana character は ha.
It becomes ば ba with ten-ten added. It becomes ぱ pa with maru added.
Romaji
Using the Latin script alphabet to write Japanese is called romaji in Japan. Romaji is used for non Japanese speakers who can't read kanji or the kana scripts hiragana and katakana. It is used in dictionaries and textbooks and other places. It is also used to input text into computers.
Kanji
Kanji are adopted logographic (logograms are visual symbols that represent a part of a word or whole word) Chinese characters which are used in the Japanese language along with hiragana and katakana. Several thousand kanji are in regular use in Japan.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
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Japanese language scripts
The Japanese language uses two syllabic scripts; hiragana and katakana. These are known as kana and are modified Chinese characters.
Kanji is also used. Kanji are adopted logographic Chinese characters.
The Latin script alphabet is also used. Using the Latin script alphabet to write Japanese is called romaji in Japan. Romaji is used for non Japanese speakers who can't read kanji or the kana scripts hiragana and katakana. It is used in dictionaries and textbooks and other places. It is also used to input text into computers.