Characters

• Japanese has three writing systems [True/False]

  True
• Used for Native Japanese

  Hiragana
• Used for foreign words

  Katakana
• Used for words originally from Chinese

  Kanji
• Kanji (漢字) characters are basically simplified Chinese characters.
• Hiragana has 46 basic characters.
• Katakana has 46 basic characters.
• Hiragana and Katakana represent sounds
• Kanji represent meanings
• Hiragana characters look round
• Katakana characters have sharp strokes