Questions covering broadly the Japanese equivalents of alphabetical order including the two orders of the kana syllabaries and the radical/stroke order used for kanji.
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What is the equivalent of “alphabetical order” in Japanese?
I know there's あいうえお, but what about at the consonant level? Also, are there any common mnemonics used by Japanese children to remember these?
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Are bookshelves in alphabetical (kana) order in Japanese bookshops and libraries?
How are fiction books such as novels sorted on the shelves at Japanese bookshops? Kana order seems to play a small part but not the whole part.
(I'm not asking about nonfiction books since those are ...
