Hiragana tablet script learner

Iroha Japanese syllabary poem

iroha

This poem was written obviously by a clever person who figured out that all the basic sound units of the language could be made into a poem. Click on the link above to read a precise explanation.

Or in more modern Japanese and poetic English: 

Almost 1200 years ago…

These days one can find a range of commercial items that use the poem as a decoration form. On pottery…

On a glossy mouse pad…

On a furoshiki…

On a stamp set…

On an advertising brow-cloth…

A well-known restaurant chain has also chosen the first line of the poem as its logo…

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Origin of kana in Chinese kanji

The information on this page is based on the correct historical data. Modern hiragana and katakana have been derived from the kanji shown. Our other page shows how hiragana and katakana can be more easy remembered and it is only partially based on factual knowledge. That page’s purpose is to help students who have no knowledge of kanji memorise the new kana scripts. If you want to memorise hiragana/katakana, then here is the link to that page:

http://www.lamijapan.com/2011/11/hiragana-katakana.html

Good luck!

Here is the factual knowledge page:

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たいへんよくできました

taihen yoku dekimashita

very well done