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Answer for the clue "Japanese syllabic writing ", 4 letters:
kana

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n. 1 The hiragana and katakana syllabary. These are made up of characters that represent individual syllables, which are are used to write Japanese words and particles. Kana are derived from kanji. 2 A hiragana or katakana character. 3 (plural of kana English)Category:English ...

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Chinese ideographic code list, and codes bearing kata kana names, such as ta, ji, or hen, it relied in the main on four systems.

Hawaii and Samoa to ai, in Ban to kana, in Nina to kana, in Nongone to kaka, and in New Caledonia to ki.

The one whose name is not spoken is Antakh, a Moru who once masqueraded as a Kana and is hated for this.

He seems to have enjoyed some success in solving the Japanese ciphers, which appear to have been columnar transposition of the kana symbols.

The flamer had not touched the face and though it was contorted and twisted with agony, Kana knew who it was he supported in his arms.

Kana unlooped his hand torch, set it on low, and pointed the ray into the nearest of those gashes.

He might now be one of the hard-visaged instructors Kana had known for more than half his short life.

One is very old and slightly bent, a sword more iron than steel, dark as a pot: forged, so the tale runs, by the smith in Rocky Ford—yet it is a sword, for all that, and belonged to Kanas once, and tasted orcs' blood and robbers' blood in its time.

One is very old and slightly bent, a sword more iron than steel, dark as a pot: forged, so the tale runs, by the smith in Rocky Ford — yet it is a sword, for all that, and belonged to Kanas once, and tasted orcs' blood and robbers' blood in its time.

One is very old and slightly bent, a sword more iron than steel, dark as a pot: forged, so the tale runs, by the smith in Rocky Ford yet it is a sword, for all that, and belonged to Kanas once, and tasted orcs' blood and robbers' blood in its time.

Checking his armlet against the muster roll, the ship's officer waved Kana on.

The naval radiograms, however, employed the special Morse code devised for kata kana, a syllabic script of Japanese.

Also-the woolly head swung around and the pop eyes raked across Kana and Rey- when the news-seeker was in our hands and could be questioned-what chances?

Kana reached for the trade packets he had carried so long, made a hasty selection, and passed on a small package of sugar and a stone-set wrist band.