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Originally Posted by ryuurui
Both hiragana and katakana are syllabaries, and each individual hiragana or katakana are characters and not letters. That is important. Also, each hiragana and katakana have only one sound and no meaning. You also refer to each individual character by its sound. So, in your example, ひ is "hi", etc.
As to the sounds, try this:
Japan With Kids - Hiragana Chart With Sound |
Thanks
, I know what sound they make, I just wanted to know if there is sort of a name to the/syllabaries I guess. (tell me if thats not how I should use the word.) I thought there was like the name A and the sound it makes is a... sorry if I make things so confusing. But Thanks anyway, now I understand there is no name, and there not evon letters.