The Japanese Writing System

A good article from Japanese Study Club for those who are just starting the learning process.

One of the first things to do when you start to learn a new language is to learn the alphabet. It may or it may not differ from the one you use in your native language, but, as expected, Asian languages have different alphabets that the ones you are used to see (Latin alphabet).

~hiragana chart:

~katakana chart:

~ random kanji:

More introduction at : http://japanesestudyclub.com/japanese-writing-system-k-japanese-alphabet-1995/