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6.2.3. What is the Hiragana syllabary? When is hiragana used?

With the word literally meaning ordinary syllabic script, Hiragana was first known as onna-de (or women's hand), since it was only used by women (men used Kanji at the time). By the 10th century, everyone started to use Hiragana.

This syllabry consists of 48 syllables and is mainly used to write word endings (okurigana), in places where kanji is not normally used (such as some adverbs, adjectives, words with obscure or rare kanji), and sometimes used to indicate the reading of certain kanji.

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