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Japanese has two phonetic alphabets known as hiragana and katakana These were invented to better fit the Japanese language, instead of depending on the Chinese characters (kanji), alone Each character of the phonetic alphabet represents a syllable (a unit of sound)Download all (45) Click on a worksheet in the set below to see more info or download the PDFThe Japanese alphabet is usually referred to as kana, specifically hiragana and katakana While the Hiragana consists of 48 syllables, it is a phonetic alphabet where each alphabetic combination represents just a single sound Thus any Japanese word can be written in a way that can be read without having to remember how the word is pronounced Japanese Alphabet Hiragana Art Print Barewalls Posters Prints Bwc Japanese alphabet in english