Japanese Podcasting Lessons: Learn to speak Japanese and write Kanji symbols

Do you know which Japanese script is mostly used in a normal Japanese magazine? Some people who are studying Japanese at school might know that there are 3 different Japanese symbols called: 1. Kanji symbol 2. Hiragana symbol 3. Katakana symbol But, the majority of people don't know which Japanese script is mostly used in a Japanese magazine. If you learn Japanese at school, you will learn how to write Hiragana symbol at first. Then, you will learn how to write Katakana symbol. Here is a chart of 46 Hiragana symbols Hiragana is 'Phonetic Alphabetic' which means a Hiragana character is a sound character, and these Hiragana characters are separated into 46 differnet sounds. The chart start with a, i, u, e, o (vowel sounds) and ends with wa, Wo, nn. On the other hand, there are only 45 Katakana characters. Not 46. Unlike Hiragana script, there is no WO character with the Katakana scripts Now, these 2 scripts are NOT so hard to learn to write. But, it is very hard for a begginer to learn Japanese kanji symbol. Even for Japanese people, learning kanji is difficult. Moreever, you also need to understand which Japanese script to use in what situation. So, in today's lesson, you will learn which Japanese script and how they are used in a Japanese magazine. OR, Just click the "Play" button below.