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<p>Created page with &#039;{{main|e1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese Help:Japanese]}} Japanese text is written with a mixture of kanji, katakana and hiragana syllabaries. Almost all &#039;&#039;&#039;kanji&#039;&#039;...&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{main|e1=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Japanese Help:Japanese]}}<br /> <br /> Japanese text is written with a mixture of kanji, katakana and hiragana syllabaries. Almost all &#039;&#039;&#039;kanji&#039;&#039;&#039; originated in China, and may have more than one meaning and pronunciation. &#039;&#039;Kanji&#039;&#039; compounds generally derive their meaning from the combined kanji. For example, Tokyo ({{lang|ja|東京}}) is written with two kanji: &quot;east&quot; ({{lang|ja|東}}) + &quot;capital&quot; ({{lang|ja|京}}). The kanji, however, are pronounced differently from their Chinese relatives. For example, in modern mandarin Chinese, these two kanji would be &quot;Dongjing.&quot; The name was chosen because Tokyo was to be the eastern capital of Japan, relative to its previous capital city, Kyoto ({{lang|ja|京都}}). (Some other kanji compounds use characters chosen primarily for their pronunciations. Such characters are called &#039;&#039;ateji&#039;&#039;.) In addition to native words and placenames, kanji are used to write Japanese family names and most Japanese given names.<br /> <br /> Centuries ago, hiragana and katakana, the two kana syllabaries, derived their shapes from particular kanji pronounced in the same way. However, unlike &#039;&#039;kanji&#039;&#039;, kana have no meaning, and are used only to represent sounds. &#039;&#039;&#039;Hiragana&#039;&#039;&#039; are generally used to write some Japanese words and given names and grammatical aspects of Japanese. For example, the Japanese word for &quot;to do&quot; ({{lang|ja|する}} &#039;&#039;suru&#039;&#039;) is written with two &#039;&#039;hiragana&#039;&#039;: す (&#039;&#039;su&#039;&#039;) + る (&#039;&#039;ru&#039;&#039;). &#039;&#039;&#039;Katakana&#039;&#039;&#039; are generally used to write loanwords, foreign names and onomatopoeia. For example, &#039;&#039;retasu&#039;&#039; was borrowed from the English &quot;lettuce&quot;, and is written with three katakana: レ (&#039;&#039;re&#039;&#039;) + タ (&#039;&#039;ta&#039;&#039;) + ス (&#039;&#039;su&#039;&#039;). The onomatopoeia for the sound of typing is &#039;&#039;kata kata&#039;&#039;, and is written with 4 &#039;&#039;katakana&#039;&#039;: カ (&#039;&#039;ka&#039;&#039;) + タ (&#039;&#039;ta&#039;&#039;) + カ (&#039;&#039;ka&#039;&#039;) + タ (&#039;&#039;ta&#039;&#039;). It is common nowadays to see many businesses using &#039;&#039;katakana&#039;&#039; in place of &#039;&#039;hiragana&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;kanji&#039;&#039; in advertising. Additionally, people may use &#039;&#039;katakana&#039;&#039; when writing their names or informal documents for aesthetic reasons.<br /> <br /> Roman characters have also recently become popular for certain purposes in Japanese.<br /> <br /> [[Category:Help]]</div>

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