Hiragana and Katakana: A Complete Beginner’s Guide to Japanese Scripts
Learning Japanese can feel exciting and challenging at the same time, especially for beginners who are unfamiliar with its writing system. Japanese uses three scripts: Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. For anyone starting their journey, understanding Hiragana and Katakana is the first and most important step. These two phonetic scripts form the foundation of written Japanese and help learners read, write, and pronounce words correctly from the very beginning.
