Kanji, hiragana, katakana?

Question

How do I easily identify if it is a katakana, hiragana or kanji?

and another question.. what site can translate a name into kanji / katakana / hiragana.

Or just give me the translation for my name "kiel" in all types (hiragana / katakana / kanji)

Answer 1

Ok, for starters, the main way to differentiate between the three is this:

Katakana is very sharp and has sharp, line strokes and there are few strokes. Example: カタカナ。　ヨメマスカ？

Hiragana has few strokes but they are more loopy, and are not as sharp as katakana. Example: ひらがな。よめますか？

Kanji symbols are generally very complex with many strokes. Example: 漢字。友達。金曜日。However, you can have some kanji with few strokes similar to hiragana. Example (these are all kanji with few strokes): 人、水、目、日、口、可、下、上.

Apart from that, learn hiragana, learn katakana, and the left overs are kanji!

Your name would only be written in KATAKANA only. Katakana is a script used for borrowed words.

Examples

basketball - バスケットボールbasukettobooru

pen - ペンpen

tekisuto - テキストtekisuto

Your name would be written in katakana, not kanji or hiragana. This is your names katakana: キール (kiiru) pronounced like "key-roo".

Hope this helps