KnowraHiraganaLinked fromLinked fromThe 8 pages that link to Hiragana, each with the reason it gives.All 8Broader topic 4Related 3Compared with 1Japanese literatureRelated: Its adoption enabled court writers to compose prose and poetry in Japanese.KanaBroader topic: It is one of the two scripts that together constitute kana.Japanese calligraphyBroader topic: Its flowing forms are especially suited to cursive brush writing.Japanese writing systemBroader topic: Hiragana developed through cursive simplification of Chinese characters used phonetically.Man'yōganaBroader topic: Hiragana arose through cursive simplification of characters used in man'yōgana.KanjiCompared with: Unlike kanji, hiragana primarily represents sound rather than lexical meaning.Classical JapaneseRelated: Its emergence enabled court writers to record Japanese grammar and literary expression more directly.KawaiiRelated: Rounded hiragana forms are often linked to the visual softness associated with kawaii.