How to Use "hiragana" with Example Sentences

1. Japanese has 3 main writing systems : hiragana , katakana and kanji .
2. Hiragana and katakana put together are known collectively as the " kana " .
3. Unlike our roman characters , each character , whether hiragana , katakana , or kanji , is square and of identical size .
4. Many campaign posters for japan 's general election on august 30th print the candidate 's name in hiragana , a rudimentary , phonetic script first taught to children , rather than the kanji .
5. Chinese pictograms were , for example , dismantled to form two entirely new alphabets , hiragana and katakana , while a new set of japanese readings was imposed on the original chinese characters .