1) Japanese syllable set 2) Unicode block
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https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/hiragana
Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. Each possible syllable in the Japanese language (strictly, each mora) is represented by one character in each system. This may be either a vowel such as `a` (hiragana あ); a consonant followed by a vowel such as `ka` (か); or `n` (ん), a nasal sonorant which, depending on the context, sounds ei...
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana
[Unicode block] Hiragana is a Unicode block containing Hiragana characters for the Japanese language. ...
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One of the three common Japanese alphabets (see also Kanji and Katakana). Hiragana is made up of 48 symbols that represent syllables, and was developed by the Japanese to supplement Kanji (see below) because of the differences in Chinese and Japanese grammar and pronunciation. Unlike Kanji Hiragana is not that hard to learn, but unfortunately you...
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http://www.animetion.co.uk/glossary.htm
(from the article `calligraphy`) Naturally, it was unsuitable for Japan to adopt an entire foreign language like Chinese, and Japanese thinkers began to devise a new, native script ... In the 9th or 10th century two sets of syllabic signs evolved: hiragana, or `plain` kana, which consists of simplified outlines, written cursiv...
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One of the three Japanese scripts, a cursive phonetic alphabet consisting of 46 basic syllables and variations on these. Any Japanese word usually written in kanji can also be written and understood in hiragana. The first script learned by children.
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Japanese characters/letters used for words of Japanese origin only or words without a based Chinese kanji reading. Japanese grammar particles and certain Japanese names are also written in hiragana.
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http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21412
A Japanese phonetic syllabary. The symbols are cursive or curvilinear in style. See Kanji and Katakana.
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http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/glossaries/unicode.html
the cursive and more widely used of the two Japanese syllabaries. Cf. katakana.
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https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/hiragana
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