kana
Japanese syllabary writing system using mainly the Hiragana syllabary with the Katakana syllabary for borrowings from other languages or les transcriptions from other scripts
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Summary
kana is a syllabary[1]. kana draws 5,256 Wikipedia views per month (syllabary category, ranking #3 of 14).[2]
Key Facts
- Based on: man'yōgana[3]
- Subclass of: syllabary[4], natural writing system[5], unicase alphabet[6], Japanese writing system[7]
- Part of: Japanese writing system[8]
- Has use: Japanese[9]
- Commons category: Kana[10]
- Language of work or name: Japonic[11]
- Country of origin: Japan[12]
- Has part(s): hiragana[13], katakana[14], hentaigana[15], kana character[16]
- Inception: 800[17]
- Topic's main category: Category:Kana[18]
- Script directionality: vertical right-to-left[19], left-to-right[20]
- Topic has template: Template:Kana gojuon sidebar[21]
- Stack Exchange tag: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/kana[22]
- Main Wikidata property: P1814[23]
- Native label: 仮名[24]
- Name: Japanese syllabaries (alias for Hiragana + Katakana)[25], syllabaires japonais (alias pour hiragana + katakana)[26], Katakana or Hiragana[27]
- Unicode range: U+3041-3096,U+309D-309F[28], U+30A1-30FA,U+30FD-30FF[29], U+31F0-31FF[30], U+1AFF0-1AFF3,U+1AFF5-1AFFB,U+1AFFD-1AFFE[31], U+1B000-1B0FF[32], U+1B100-1B128[33], U+1B132,U+1B150-1B152,U+1B155,U+1B164-1B167[34], U+1F200[35], U+32D0-32FE[36], U+3300-3357[37], U+FF66-FF6F,U+FF71-FF9D[38]
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Influence
Things named for kana include Kanadehon Chūshingura[39], a kabuki play[40], written by Takeda Izumo II[41] and kanazōshi[42], a literary genre[43].
Why It Matters
kana has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] kana is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]
Entities named for kana include Kanadehon Chūshingura[39], a kabuki play[40], written by Takeda Izumo II[41] and kanazōshi[42], a literary genre[43].