“Hiragana” is the cursive-script for Japanese; whereas, “Katakana” is the non-cursive Japanese script. Just as the English language has two scripts: “cursive (handwritten)” and “non-cursive (print-script); the Japanese language uses “both script” within the same text.
“Furigana” is the term for “Hiragana” written above a horizontal text line; or, “Hiragana” written to the left-side of a vertical text line. Available at the “Apple App Store” is a computer app “Simple Furigana” that applies the “Hiragana” script to the “Kanji” (Chinese characters) in a text line.
Available at the “Apple App Store” is “Simple Furigana” app is for adding furigana to Japanese text. Korean is a language that uses two scripts “Hanja” and “Hangul” for phonetic and logographic writing using Chinese characters. Japanese use of Chinese characters (“Kanji“) and “Hiragana” cursive is similar to Korean writing.
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