Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Code chart ∣ Web page: Note: [1] [2] Hiragana is a Unicode block containing hiragana characters for the Japanese language. Block
Hiragana beginning with an h (or f) sound can also add a handakuten marker ( ゜) changing the h (f) to a p. For example, は (ha) becomes ぱ (pa). A small version of the hiragana for ya, yu, or yo (ゃ, ゅ or ょ respectively) may be added to hiragana ending in i. This changes the i vowel sound to a glide (palatalization) to a, u or o.
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.
Code chart ∣ Web page Note : [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Small Kana Extension is a Unicode block containing additional small variants for the Hiragana and Katakana syllabaries, [ 3 ] in addition to those in the Hiragana , Katakana and Katakana Phonetic Extensions blocks.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Code chart ∣ Web page ... Katakana is a Unicode block containing katakana characters for the Japanese and Ainu languages.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... hiragana origin: 天: katakana origin: ... or テ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, ...
Sa (hiragana: さ, katakana: サ) is one of the Japanese kana, which each represent one mora. Both represent [sa]. The shapes of these kana originate from 左 and 散, respectively. Like き, the hiragana character may be written with or without linking the lower line to the rest of the character.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.