Script and writing trivia

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• Which meaning-bearing script is mixed in with the kana in Japanese?Script and writing
• The hiragana か, the first character of the ka row, is read as which sound?Script and writing
• What is the chart called that arranges the Japanese kana by consonant row and vowel column?Script and writing
• What is the small kana printed beside or above a kanji to show its reading called?Script and writing
• Which of these words is normally written in katakana?Script and writing
• Roughly how many basic hiragana characters are there in modern Japanese?Script and writing
• What is the writing of Japanese in the Latin alphabet called?Script and writing
• The hiragana あ, the first character of the gojūon chart, is read as which sound?Script and writing
• Which pair correctly names the two kana scripts used in Japanese?Script and writing
• Which Japanese script is used mainly for loanwords and foreign place names?Script and writing
• Japanese writes kanji (漢字) mixed in with the kana.Script and writing
• Each kana character is built by combining a separate consonant letter and vowel letter, the way an alphabet spells a syllable.Script and writing
• The hiragana あ is read as the sound a.Script and writing
• The gojūon is a chart that arranges the Japanese kana in rows of consonants and columns of vowels.Script and writing
• A native Japanese food name such as すし must always be written in katakana only.Script and writing
• Furigana is small kana printed beside or above a kanji to show how it is read.Script and writing
• A Japanese kanji has only one reading, so it sounds the same wherever it appears.Script and writing
• Katakana has twice as many characters as hiragana.Script and writing
• Katakana is used mainly for native Japanese words, while hiragana is used for loanwords.Script and writing
• Japanese has two kana scripts, hiragana and katakana.Script and writing