In japan , where three writing systems are combined into one , mobiles and computers use the simpler hiragana and katakana scripts for inputting - meaning users may forget the kanji , a third strand of japanese writing similar to chinese characters .
Japanese has 3 main writing systems : hiragana , katakana and kanji .
日文有3种主要的书写系统:平假名,片假名和汉字。
Hiragana and katakana put together are known collectively as the " kana " .
平假名和片假名和在一起叫假名。
Unlike our roman characters , each character , whether hiragana , katakana , or kanji , is square and of identical size .
不象罗马字符,每个字符,无论平假名,片假名抑或都是方正的并且大小相同的。
Many campaign posters for japan 's general election on august 30th print the candidate 's name in hiragana , a rudimentary , phonetic script first taught to children , rather than the kanji .