Japanese Punctuation句読点 “Kutoten”.
“Kutoten“ 句読点 (punctuation) in Japanese is borrowed from English (or other Western languages). The Japanese scribe Kukai in his “Sango Shiki”, 797 C.E. text only uses “end punctuation” , of the ‘period’. Kukai is (by legend) the originator of the Japanese writing system. In this blog, English words replaces all Japanese “hiragana” loan-words. The “hiragana” script … Continue reading Japanese Punctuation句読点 “Kutoten”.
