DeDroa asked:
I’ve been trying to find a Japanese alphabet to learn how to speak the language. Most “easy learning” stuff doesn’t work for me, so please don’t spam ads. Is there a site that has the entire Japanese phonetic alphabet? Also, does this site have pictures for literal examples of words?
I’ve been trying to find a Japanese alphabet to learn how to speak the language. Most “easy learning” stuff doesn’t work for me, so please don’t spam ads. Is there a site that has the entire Japanese phonetic alphabet? Also, does this site have pictures for literal examples of words?
The closer to kindergarten aged simplicity the site is, the better.
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Japanese does not have an alphabet. It has three writing systems–only two of which are phonetic.
You would do better to go to your local book store and find textbooks for hiragana, katakana, and kanji. That way you can pick something you personally like and not complain to us that it doesn’t fit your standards.
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I can give you a link to the textbook that I used when I started learning Japanese, but it doesn’t have pictures to go along with hiragana and katakana (the two phonetic systems), just charts. For Kanji (Chinese based characters), some of them are pictographs, and each character is made up of radicals. This can be a tremendous help when trying to figure out the meaning in English. There are tons of Kanji books around, but try to find one that will help you with identifying radicals.
Example: 海 “umi” means ocean, and the three strokes to the left that go diagonal is the radical for water. So you can assume that any character with those strokes has something to do with water. Like 涙 – see the strokes again? This one is “namida” meaning tear(s).
If you use the Genki site, they have a number of resources to help you learn – there’s a kanji learning tool that shows you a picture of the character, the english meaning, how it’s read in Japanese, etc. I’ll link that as well. If you decide to use it, the top most option in the drop down box is “elementary school student” level.
Hope that helps.