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  2. Gojūon - Wikipedia

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    In the Japanese language, the gojūon (五十音, Japanese pronunciation: [ɡo(d)ʑɯꜜːoɴ], lit. "fifty sounds") is a traditional system ordering kana characters by their component phonemes, roughly analogous to alphabetical order. The "fifty" (gojū) in its name refers to the 5×10 grid in which the characters are displayed.

  3. List of Japanese typographic symbols - Wikipedia

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    This mark is used by the RIAJ on music publications to indicate that the content is of Japanese origin. [3] It normally accompanies the release date, [ 3 ] which may include a letter "N" "I" "H" "O" "R" "E" or "C" to represent a year from 1984 through 1990, such as " H·2·21 " to represent 21 February 1986.

  4. Ru (kana) - Wikipedia

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    The hiragana for ru (る) is made with one stroke, and its katakana form (ル) is made with two. る (hiragana) begins with a horizontal stroke to the right, followed by a slightly longer, angular stroke going down and to the left. Finally, a curve and loop are added to the bottom that somewhat resembles the hiragana no (の).

  5. Japanese writing system - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. A (kana) - Wikipedia

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    A downward vertical stroke starting above and in the center of the last stroke. At the bottom, a loop like the Hiragana の. Stroke order in writing ア. The Katakana ア is made with two strokes: [2] At the top, a stroke consisting of a horizontal line and a short horizontal line proceeding downward and to the left.

  7. I (kana) - Wikipedia

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    At the top left, a curved vertical stroke, ending with a hook at the bottom. At the top right, a shorter stroke, slightly curving in the opposite direction. Stroke order in writing イ. The Katakana イ is made in two strokes: At the top, a curved diagonal line going from right to left. In the center of the last stroke, a vertical line going down.

  8. Cyrillization of Japanese - Wikipedia

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    The cyrillization of Japanese is the process of transliterating or transcribing the Japanese language into Cyrillic script in order to represent Japanese proper names or terms in various languages that use Cyrillic, as an aid to Japanese language learning in those languages or as a potential replacement for the current Japanese writing system.

  9. To (kana) - Wikipedia

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    と, in hiragana, or ト in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora.Both represent the sound [to], and when written with dakuten represent the sound [do].