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kanji (left side), hiragana (top right) and katakana (bottom right) When you begin learning Japanese, chances are you’ll find yourself coming up against not only one writing system, but multiple. The text below is taken from Wikipedia’s entry on kanji. I’ve coloured each of the writing systems in a different colour: また、英語圏やフランス語圏で「Kanji」と言う場合は、日本の漢字、狭義では新字体を指す。 As you canContinueContinue reading “How many writing systems does the Japanese language use?”