Japanese syllabic writing. The characters are simplified kanji and are usually used with kanji primarily to write inflections, particles, and function words and to show the pronunciations of some kanji and of all foreign words.

• 假名日语的音节文字。文字符号是简化了的汉字，通常和汉字一起使用，主要用于表示屈折成分、小品词和功能词，也用来表示一些汉字的发音以及所有外来词