Japanese 101 - EASi Hiragana, Katakana, Kanji

You can easily get to understand The basic elements of Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. And the composition and usage of sentences are conveniently presented through quizzes and video lectures.

The Japanese language relies on three different types which are hiragana, katakana and kanji.

Katakana and hiragana are phonetic syllabaries. The main differences are that hiragana is used for phonetically spelling out Japanese words, and katakana is for foreign words.

Kanji is not a phonetic syllabary. Instead it is a set of characters that represent whole words. They are mostly borrowed from Chinese characters.