The document summarizes the three Japanese scripts of Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji. Hiragana uses curved shapes to represent sounds, with 46 basic characters. Katakana uses sharper angles mainly for foreign words. Kanji originated as pictographs and their meanings can sometimes be deduced from their components, with some examples given of nature-related kanji and their combined meanings in words.

1. The Japanese Scripts Hiragana / katakana / kanji ajJB2

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