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2. Hiragana - Wikipedia

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   Hiragana originated as simplified forms of similar-sounding Chinese characters. Hiragana character shapes were derived from Chinese cursive script (sōsho). Shown here is a sample of cursive script by 7th century calligrapher Sun Guoting. Note the character 為 (wei), indicated by the red arrow, closely resembles the hiragana character ゐ (wi).

3. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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   The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.Kana itself consists of a pair of syllabaries: hiragana, used primarily for native or naturalized Japanese words and grammatical elements; and katakana, used primarily for foreign words and names, loanwords, onomatopoeia, scientific names, and sometimes for emphasis.

4. Hiragana (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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   Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) ... Small Kana Extension (Unicode block) has four hiragana characters: U+1B132 and U+1B150–U+1B152; References

5. File:Table hiragana.svg - Wikipedia

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6. Template:Unicode chart Hiragana - Wikipedia

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7. Kana - Wikipedia

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   'Kana' is a compound of kari (仮, 'borrowed; assumed; false') and na (名, 'name'), which eventually collapsed into kanna and ultimately 'kana'. [2]Today it is generally assumed that 'kana' were considered "false" kanji due to their purely phonetic nature, as opposed to mana which were "true" kanji used for their meanings.

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9. Katakana (Unicode block) - Wikipedia

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   Code chart ∣ Web page ... Block. Katakana Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) ... Hiragana (Unicode block) CJK Compatibility (Unicode block)