The Chinese language came to Japan through the writings on Buddhism. The language that comes from China is called Kanji. Writing kanji characters in Japanese is similar to Chinese but pronounced differently
Hiragana Symbols
| あ (a) | い (i) | う (u) | え (e) | お (o) |
| か (ka) | き (ki) | く (ku) | け (ke) | こ (ko) |
| さ (sa) | し (shi) | す (su) | せ (se) | そ (so) |
| た (ta) | ち (chi) | つ (tsu) | て (te) | と (to) |
| な (na) | に (ni) | ぬ (nu) | ね (ne) | の (no) |
| は (ha) | ひ (hi) | ふ (fu) | へ (he) | ほ (ho) |
| ま (ma) | み (mi) | む (mu) | め (me) | も (mo) |
| や (ya) | ゆ (yu) | よ (yo) | ||
| ら (ra) | り (ri) | る (ru) | れ (re) | ろ (ro) |
| わ (wa) | を (o) | |||
| ん (n) |
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