Japan

3 scripts

Japanese Writing System

MixedJapan400

Combines three scripts: kanji (Chinese characters), hiragana (phonetic for native words), ...

Hiragana

SyllabaryJapan800

The flowing cursive syllabary of Japanese, developed from cursive forms of Chinese charact...

Katakana

SyllabaryJapan800

The angular syllabary of Japanese, developed by monks as shorthand pronunciation marks bes...