... from Chinese). There are two kana systems: katakana and hiragana. Katakana is now mainly used for words taken from languages other than Chinese. Hiragana is the more important of the two ... express that entire word in kana (hiragana, that is; remember that katakana is for non-Chinese foreign words). In other words, while not ideal, kana (hiragana) can substitute for kanji. ... PRACTICE 28 Learning Japanese Hiragana and Katakana ORIGIN (CHI 169) STROKE ORDER PRACTICE ORIGIN (SU 304) STROKE ORDER PRACTICE 1~ I 29 HIRAGANA chi as "chee"...