We use Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji to write Japanese language.
○ひらがな (Hiragana)
Hiragana was produced during the Heian Period (794-1185).
Before that people used manyo-gana originating in China but it was inconvenient. So simplified form, Hiragana was developed.
Hiragana consists of 48 phonetic symbols.
We learn Hiragana at kindergarten, elementary school and also at home.
Katakana is omitted form of manyo-gana originating in China. Some are used with original manyo-gana form. Some are taken only a part of manyo-gana.
In Japan we use Kaniji drill to practice Kanji learned in Japanese textbook.
In drill how to read Kanji, example sentences, stroke order is introduced.In addition, we take exercises for Kanji by tracing model characters for writing.
After that we sometimes have to practice Kanji on notebook repeatedly as homework.
Recently “Unko Kanji Drill” is very popular among elementary school students.
Unko means "poo" in English! Unko is not good word but children like and are interested in the word. In this drill every example sentence contains ‘Unko’ word.
Thanks for this Kanji drill children can learn Kanji at home while enjoying it.
The amount of Kanji information in this drill is not enough to be used at schools. But it is becoming a topic also on SNS as Kanji workbook at home.
1.8 million Kanji drills were issued during about two months after new release. It is amazing, isn’t it?
○書道(Shodo) calligraphy
We learn a bit of calligraphy at schools. Some students learn at calligraphy school.
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○ひらがな (Hiragana)
Hiragana was produced during the Heian Period (794-1185).
Before that people used manyo-gana originating in China but it was inconvenient. So simplified form, Hiragana was developed.
Hiragana consists of 48 phonetic symbols.
We learn Hiragana at kindergarten, elementary school and also at home.
Some parents put Hiragana sheet on the bath or toilet wall to help children to learn Hiragana.
○カタカナ (Katakana)
Katakana is also 48 phonetic symbols. Katakana is used to for onomatopoeia, mimetic words and foreign country words.
○漢字 (Kanji, Chinese characters)
Kanji was brought from China. One Chinese character has one meaning.
In Japan, Kanji has usually two kinds of read pattern. One is 音読み(on-yomi). The other is 訓読み(kun-yomi).
for example: 山
on-yomi: ‘San’ comes from Chinese pronunciation.
kun-yomi: ‘Yama’ is produced by adding a Japanese meaning to the Chinese word ‘山’.
We learn 1006 letters Kanji from 1st grade to 6th grade of elementary school and 1130 letters from 1st grade to 3th grade of junior high school (during compulsory education).
○漢字ドリル(Kanji drill, Kanji workbook)
○漢字 (Kanji, Chinese characters)
Kanji was brought from China. One Chinese character has one meaning.
In Japan, Kanji has usually two kinds of read pattern. One is 音読み(on-yomi). The other is 訓読み(kun-yomi).
for example: 山
on-yomi: ‘San’ comes from Chinese pronunciation.
kun-yomi: ‘Yama’ is produced by adding a Japanese meaning to the Chinese word ‘山’.
We learn 1006 letters Kanji from 1st grade to 6th grade of elementary school and 1130 letters from 1st grade to 3th grade of junior high school (during compulsory education).
○漢字ドリル(Kanji drill, Kanji workbook)
In drill how to read Kanji, example sentences, stroke order is introduced.In addition, we take exercises for Kanji by tracing model characters for writing.
After that we sometimes have to practice Kanji on notebook repeatedly as homework.
Recently “Unko Kanji Drill” is very popular among elementary school students.
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| （Official site URL: https://unkokanji.com/） |
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| （Official site URL: https://unkokanji.com/） |
The amount of Kanji information in this drill is not enough to be used at schools. But it is becoming a topic also on SNS as Kanji workbook at home.
1.8 million Kanji drills were issued during about two months after new release. It is amazing, isn’t it?
○書道(Shodo) calligraphy
Shodo is the art of writing Kanji, Hiragana and Katakana by using a writing brush and ink-cake.
It was introduced to Japan from China during the 6-7th centuries.
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