hiragana

Summary

hiragana is a natural writing system^[1]. hiragana ranks in the top 3% of natural_writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,810 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• hiragana is the creator of Kūkai^[3].
• hiragana's instance of is recorded as natural writing system^[4].
• hiragana's instance of is recorded as syllabary^[5].
• hiragana's instance of is recorded as unicase alphabet^[6].
• hiragana's based on is recorded as sōgana^[7].
• hiragana is a type of kana^[8].
• hiragana is part of kana^[9].
• hiragana is used for Japanese^[10].
• hiragana's Commons category is recorded as Hiragana^[11].
• hiragana's country of origin is recorded as Japan^[12].
• 800 marks the founding of hiragana^[13].
• hiragana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hiragana^[14].
• hiragana's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hiragana script^[15].
• hiragana's Commons gallery is recorded as Hiragana^[16].
• hiragana's facet of is recorded as Japanese^[17].
• hiragana's facet of is recorded as Ryukyuan^[18].
• hiragana's script directionality is recorded as vertical right-to-left^[19].
• hiragana's script directionality is recorded as left-to-right^[20].
• hiragana's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://japanese.stackexchange.com/tags/hiragana^[21].
• hiragana's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ja', 'text': '平仮名'}^[22].
• hiragana's different from is recorded as Hiragana^[23].
• hiragana's name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Hiragana'}^[24].
• hiragana's name is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'hiragana'}^[25].
• hiragana's has part is recorded as そ^[26].
• hiragana's Unicode range is recorded as U+3041-3096,U+309D-309F,U+1B001-1B11F,U+1B132,U+1B150-1B152,U+1F200^[27].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural writing system^[4], syllabary^[5], and unicase alphabet^[6]. hiragana is a type of kana^[8].

Origins

800 marks the founding of hiragana^[13].

Use and Application

hiragana is used for Japanese^[10]. hiragana is part of kana^[9].

Why It Matters

hiragana ranks in the top 3% of natural_writing_system entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,810 views/month).^[2] hiragana has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] hiragana is known by 22 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]