Hiragana and katakana were first simplified from Kanji. Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. Japanese (Romanized Hiragana and Romanized Katakana), Korean (Hangul 2-bul) and Traditional Chinese are currently supported. These characters are compiled into two syllabaries&colon; hiragana and katakana. Kanji were simplified to create two other scripts, called hiragana and katakana. The modern Japanese language has a tripartite writing system using hiragana, katakana, and kanji. They often display only a single hiragana, kanji ideograph, or katakana character carved in it. It adds layout tables for Devanagari, Gujarati, Gurmukhi, Kana (Hiragana & Katakana), Kannada, and Tamil. Most computers of that era used katakana instead of kanji or hiragana for output. The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. The difference in usage between hiragana and katakana is stylistic. The is a Japanese symbol in the form of a small hiragana or katakana "tsu". Alternatively, on some keyboards, pressing the button switches between katakana and hiragana. The readings are also written in katakana, unlike the usual hiragana for native "kun'yomi". Kanji characters are selected by first inputting hiragana, then the characters.