hiragana and katakana?

http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm

In the process of writng Kanji, do you place certain symobl's from Hiragana into a certain position into one symbol, or is it a diffrent way. :woot:

TrigunX89 wrote:Hiragana and Katakana are the two most basic forms of written Japanese language. This is a useful page for more info and descriptions.

In the link said that "These syllables are not used in modern Japanese" if you realize. Does it mean modern Japanese (present day) dont use it anymore? I dont understand that. Are modern Japanese using different writing than hiragana and katakana?

This is the only katakana thread I could find and I just have to vent: I spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure this out: ƒ†[ƒ‚ƒA. I was going nuts!!! What the hell is "yumoa" ??? Then I read a little further and he said Î‚¢ and the light went on and I realized it's "humor" Boy, katakana can drive you nuts sometimes!!! :bonk:

alfarez wrote:

In the link said that "These syllables are not used in modern Japanese" if you realize. Does it mean modern Japanese (present day) dont use it anymore? I dont understand that. Are modern Japanese using different writing than hiragana and katakana?

If you look again, you will notice a few hiragana and katakana are marked with a *. Only these hiragana and katakana are no longer used, because those sounds are not used in modern Japanese. :mrgreen:

pollen wrote:http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~ik2r-myr/kanji/kanji1a.htm

Wow. I like this site. Thanks for the link! :woot:

EDIT: Has anyone taken any of the Japanese kanji level tests? What is the format?

pearl jam wrote:

If you look again, you will notice a few hiragana and katakana are marked with a *. Only these hiragana and katakana are no longer used, because those sounds are not used in modern Japanese. :mrgreen:

:rofl: That was posted over a year ago... I bet he's forgotten about that question :P

Anime Dad wrote:

:rofl: That was posted over a year ago... I bet he's forgotten about that question :P

LOL. I guess you're probably right! :doh:

I didn't look at the dates. :beaten:

pearl jam wrote:


Wow. I like this site. Thanks for the link! :woot:

EDIT: Has anyone taken any of the Japanese kanji level tests? What is the format?

Check http://www.mlcjapanese.co.jp in the "free material" section. They have old tests and answer. :D

Thanks. I'll check it out. :mrgreen:

Time to do a little katakana venting again. It took me forever to figure out this one: ƒ{ƒ‰ƒ“ƒeƒA, = "volunteer" :bonk:

gaijinmark wrote:Time to do a little katakana venting again. It took me forever to figure out this one: ƒ{ƒ‰ƒ“ƒeƒA, = "volunteer" :bonk:

Heh. I don't think I would have got that one.

I'm still having a bit of trouble with so + n/m in katakana. They still look really alike to me. :bleh:

Well, so and n are like tsu and shi, but with only 1 eye.
ƒ\ ƒc -@ƒ“ ƒV

tabana wrote:Well, so and n are like tsu and shi, but with only 1 eye.
ƒ\ ƒc -@ƒ“ ƒV

I know. I am ok with tsu and shi, as to me they look less alike than so and n. :D

I've ground to a halt with katakana. I can read hiragana no problem, but for some reason katakana doesn't compute for me :sweat:

Yeah... they're harder to learn and easy to forget. You almost have to practice daily to remember them. Even if you know them, reading the damn word is almost close to impossible sometimes, unless spoken aloud. :pout:

I found katakana much harder to learn than hiragana. But, I read a lot of manga, which almost exclusively uses katakana for sound effects, so that helps.

Sometimes when I'm reading katakana I get so frustrated I yell at the author "Speak f**king Japanese!!!"

:lol:

Yeah... Even if it's an english word, sometimes it's hard to guess than if it was written in kanji. :sweat:

what is the total # of letters in hiragana and katakana?