Hiragana
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Hiragana (平仮名, ひらがな; IPA: [çiɾaɡaꜜna, çiɾaɡana(ꜜ)]) is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana as well as kanji (Chinese characters). It is a phonetic lettering system. The word hiragana means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", as contrasted with kanji). Historically, hiragana developed from cursive forms of Kanji (sōsho (草書)) via man'yōgana (万
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| Hiragana 平仮名 ひらがな | |
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| Script type | |
Period | c. 800 – present |
| Direction | Vertical right-to-left, left-to-right  |
| Languages | Japanese, Hachijō and the Ryukyuan languages |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
Sister systems | Katakana, Hentaigana |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Hira (410), Hiragana |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Hiragana |
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