Three Typefaces of Japanese

People often say that Japanese has 3 typefaces: Hiragana ひらがな, Katakanaカタカナ and Kanji 漢字. Personally, I divide it into two main sets of characters: onomatopoeia created by the Japanese and the original Chinese script, also known as “Kanji”. In Japanese onomatopoeia, I distinguish two main types: Hirgana and Katakana. These two types correspond to the Japanese way of calling, namely: soft letters and hard letters. Soft words are used with onomatopoeic elements for original Japanese words like “Kimono: きもの” for example. Meanwhile, the hard word “Katakana” is used to record words with pronunciation borrowed from foreign words, for example: America = Amerika = アメリカ

Some Ideas about meaning of words

I always have a tendency to analyze compound words as I use them, no matter what language they are in. For example: The name of a famous Picture social network is “Pinterest”. I analyze this word using 2 related words: P = Picture and Interest. When I hear the word “Katakana”, which means hard alphabet, I immediately think of the famous Japanese sword “Katana”.

As you know, this sword is famous for its hardness, durability and sharpness.
Above are a few personal thoughts according to personal bias. You can take it as a reference or not.

Michael Talent – My real name: M. Tai

Let’s call me “Michael Talent” – Michael = M = Name of an Archangel & Talent = “Tài” in Vietnamese ^^