Ever seen the symbol 々 in Japanese and wondered what it means? It is called odoriji (踊り字), which literally means “dancing character”. Odoriji are iteration marks used to repeat the preceding kana/kanji/word or even numbers. For example, instead of writing 時時, you can simply write 時々 (tokidoki). While 々 is the most common, older texts feature other fascinating marks like ゝ, 〻,〳〵, and 〃. Learning about odoriji offers a glimpse into the language’s logic. #JapaneseLanguage #odoriji
Hiragana
Japanese Alphabets- Hiragana Charts
Hiragana is a Japanese script, which is used to write words that cannot be written in kanji. These can also appear as okurigana, words which have a kanji in the beginning but ends in hiragana (食べるtaberu to eat). In hiragana script, there are 5 vowels (あ、い、う、え、お), 40 consonants and 1 particle (を). Hiragana consonants are […]