How many different writing styles do the Japanese use?

There are three main writing styles used in Japanese: hiragana, katakana, and kanji. Hiragana is a phonetic syllabary, meaning that each character represents a sound. Katakana is also a phonetic syllabary, but it is used for foreign words and sounds that do not have a hiragana equivalent. Kanji is a logographic writing system, which means that each character represents a word or idea.