Answer to "Japanese writing form" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word KATAKANA , but the solution may also be KANA which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in Wall Street Journal).

Japanese writing form crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
KATAKANA	50 %	8
KANA	50 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Japanese writing form

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• hiragana
• katakana
• haiku
• tanka
• kana
• sumo
• kanji
• noh
• kabuki
• origami
• kimono
• katana

Crossword Answer definitions

KATAKANA noun

1. A Japanese syllabary used when writing words borrowed from foreign languages other than Chinese, specific names of plants and animals and other jargon, onomatopoeia, or to emphasize a word or phrase. Also used to write the Ainu language.
2. A character thereof.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

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More clues leading to the result KATAKANA

• Script used to transcribe foreign words into Japanese
• Japanese writing system
• Japanese syllabary
• Form of Japanese syllabic writing
• Japanese writing form

More clues leading to the result KANA

• Japanese writing
• Japanese script
• Japanese system of syllabic writing.
• Japanese syllabic writing
• Japanese syllabic script
• Some Japanese writing
• Japanese writing form