I want to stab dA's category list in the FACE. I didn't wanna scrap it, but I couldn't figure out what it would go under, either.

I'm going to make this as interesting as possible.

This is the only place, to my knowledge, you will see hiragana and katakana in the same chart, not to mention the romaji translations. But they're only the regular characters. This does not cover the little circles and dashes that changes the meaning of some words. BEWARE.　ピザ is a good example of both the circle and dashes~!

Alright, this isn't even related to my watchers. Sorry, guys. This one's for the people out there looking for a good, labeled kana chart. And to learn Japanese. I shall teach you the best I can.

These are Japanese characters. There are four types of Japanese writing. romaji, which is Roman characters. That's what I'm typing in now, technically. That's the little pronunciation of the symbols you see above.

Then there's kanji, or Chinese characters. Those are usually more complicated, and it's...pretty hard to come up with a complete sentence of purely kanji, ne? Those are mixed into everyday language. Names are USUALLY made from kanji, but not all names. Mini history lesson for you: kanji came to Japan from China and have simplified (or become more complicated in a few cases) over the years. They have different pronunciations than their Chinese equivalents. Do not ask me about Chinese. You will not get an educated answer. One popular kanji would be ai, 愛, the kanji for love.

ANYWAY, then there are katakana. Those are the simpler ones at the bottom of each cell in the above chart. These are not used as often as hiragana, which we'll get to in a moment. They're the italics, so to speak, in Japanese. Also, foreign words are usually written in katakana. Take "piza," for example. ...Look familiar? () That would be written as ピザ, if I am correct about "pizza" being a foreign word. An example of something that is BOTH is デスノト. (Desu Noto, the Japanization of "Death Note." HAHA~!)

Hiragana are commonly used. That's the general type of writing. ...Not as much to say about them as I thought. Some names are written in hiragana. Like Sakura, さくら, or Kiba, きば, or Toboe (haha), とぼえ...

I would have loved to find all of this stuff in one place when I started studying Japanese. (Actually, I sort of did, at [link]) The kana in the chart are as reliable as my typing, but as for the rest, I encourage you NOT to take my word for it. I just felt the urge to....DESCRIBE the "art" in the description...