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The Japanese Writing System Explained: Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji

by adilmoujahid on 3/27/25, 6:28 PM with 6 comments

  • by samsk on 3/27/25, 7:18 PM

    Reading these scripts is where my efforts to speak Japanese died on Duolingo. I wanted to be able to talk and they force me to learn all the characters. But, nice writeup, I knew the writing systems, but never realized that each has its own function.

    Btw. Does anybody knows some alternative to learn to speak/understand Japanese ?