Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Ndima: Mavara echiChinese akatangawo kushandiswa kunyora mashoko echiJapanese, zvichiguma neshoko rechiKana remazuva ano. Munenge muna 650 AD, manyorerwo anonzi man'yōgana (anoshandiswa mubhuku rekare renhetembo rinonzi Man'yōshū) akavapo ayo aishandisa mavara echiChinese akawanda nokuda kwokunzwika kwawo, pane kuti ave nezvaanoreva. Man'yōgana yakanyorwa nenzira yokunyora yakashanduka ikava hiragana, kana kuti onna-de, ndiko kuti, "ruoko rwavakadzi", manyorerwo aiwanika kuvakadzi (avo vairambidzwa dzidzo yakakwirira). Mabasa makuru ezvinyorwa zveHeian-era nevakadzi akanyorwa muhiragana. Katakana yakabuda nenzira yakafanana: vadzidzi vomumusha wemamongi vakarerutsa man'yōgana kuva chinhu chimwe chete chinoumba. Nokudaro mamwe manyorerwo maviri, hiragana uye katakana, anozivikanwa pamwe chete se kana, anobva mu kanji. Mukuenzanisa ne kana (仮名, "hunhu hwechinguvana") kanji inonziwo mana (真名, "zita chairo, hunhu chaihwo").  Mubvunzo: Hiragana yakatanga sei?
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