n |
w |
r |
y |
m |
h |
n |
t |
s |
k |
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ん |
わ |
ら |
や |
ま |
は |
な |
た |
さ |
か |
あ |
a |
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り |
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み |
ひ |
に |
ち |
し |
き |
い |
i |
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る |
ゆ |
む |
ふ |
ぬ |
つ |
す |
く |
う |
u |
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れ |
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め |
へ |
ね |
て |
せ |
け |
え |
e |
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を |
ろ |
よ |
も |
ほ |
の |
と |
そ |
こ |
お |
o |
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b |
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d |
z |
g |
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ば |
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だ |
ざ |
が |
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a |
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び |
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じ |
ぎ |
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i |
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ぶ |
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ず |
ぐ |
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u |
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べ |
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で |
ぜ |
げ |
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e |
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ぼ |
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ど |
ぞ |
ご |
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o |
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p |
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ぱ |
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a |
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ぴ |
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i |
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ぷ |
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u |
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ぺ |
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e |
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ぽ |
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o |
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r |
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m |
h |
n |
ch |
sh |
k |
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りゃ |
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みゃ |
ひゃ |
にゃ |
ちゃ |
しゃ |
きゃ |
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ya |
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りゅ |
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みゅ |
ひゅ |
にゅ |
ちゅ |
しゅ |
きゅ |
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yu |
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りょ |
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みょ |
ひょ |
にょ |
ちょ |
しょ |
きょ |
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yo |
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b |
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j |
g |
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びゃ |
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じゃ |
ぎゃ |
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ya |
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びゅ |
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じゅ |
ぎゅ |
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yu |
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びょ |
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じょ |
ぎょ |
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yo |
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p |
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ぴゃ |
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ya |
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ぴゅ |
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yu |
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ぴょ |
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yo |
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The consonants and vowels used to form Japanese sounds – read romaji |
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Basic hiragana characters (click each character for more information) |
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Combination Japanese sounds |
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Exceptions |
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- Reading order – the table above should be read in the following order:
- read each a, i, u, e, o section from top to bottom and then from right to left:
- ie: あ い う え お か き く け こ
- then read each ya, yu, yo combination Japanese sound section from top to bottom and then from right to left:
- ie: きゃ きゅ きょ
- Exceptions
- し , ち , つ , じ – different sound, read pronunciation
- ふ , は – two ways to pronounce, read pronunciation
- ちゃ , ちゅ , ちょ , しゃ しゅ しょ – read pronunciation
- Sound equivalents – each hiragana character has a katakana and a romaji sound equivalent:
- ie: hiragana あ = katakana ア = romaji “a”
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