Japanese Writing System Flashcards
1
Q
What is Hiragana?
A
Curvy Writing
46 characters
Japanese words
2
Q
What is Katakana?
A
Straight and Angular writing
46 characters
Foreign words
5
Q
What is Kangi?
A
Small/little Pictures
From China
There are 1000’s
7
Q
- 日本
2. にほん
A
- Written in Kanji
- Written in Hiragana
English - Japan
Romaji - Nihon - ni = sun + hon = origin
= sun origin
8
Q
か
A
KA
KAr goes over the cliff
9
Q
な
A
NA
A NAn praying at the cross
10
Q
ひ
A
HI
HI (he) has a big mouth
11
Q
ら
A
RA
A RAbbit’s face and ear
12
Q
が
A
GA
GA = か + ‘ten ten’ 〜 ( “ ) = が
13
Q
ひらがな。
A
HI RA GA NA。
15
Q
え
A
E
An Extra stroke on ‘h’
16
Q
お
A
O
Onto the green with the golf ball
17
Q
す
A
SU
SUicidal driver
18
Q
て
A
TE
The TEnnis racquet is broken
19
Q
は
A
HA
HA,HA the keg has a hole in it
