👉 Hiragana is a script used in Japanese to write words and sentences. It has around 26 characters, with each character representing a different sound or syllable of the word it represents. Hiragana is commonly used for writing names, titles, and other formal documents. The term "hiraganas" refers to specific types of Hiragana characters that are used in Japanese literature, such as the "katakana" characters used in short stories and novels.