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		fiatjaf on Aug 20, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Japanese writing system basics Can I believe this? Does Japanese really mix characters that mean things with characters that mean sounds?

kd5bjo on Aug 20, 2016 [–]

It does. Kanji represent meaning; hiragana and katakana both represent punctuation.

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