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Japanese Alphabets Hiragana and Katakana

Japanese Alphabets Hiragana and Katakana
Learn and practice Japanese Alphabets Hiragana and Katakana

Japanese Alphabets Hiragana

あ a い i う u え e お o
か ka き ki く ku け ke こ ko
が ga ぎ gi ぐ gu げ ge ご go
さ sa し shi す su せ se そ so
ざ za じ ji ず zu ぜ ze ぞ zo
た ta ち chi つ tsu て te と to
だ da ぢ ji づ zu で de ど do
な na に ni ぬ nu ね ne の no
は ha ひ hi ふ fu へ he ほ ho
ば ba び bi ぶ bu べ be ぼ bo
ぱ pa ぴ pi ぷ pu ぺ pe ぽ po
ま ma み mi む mu め me も mo
や ya ゆ yu よ yo
ら ra り ri る ru れ re ろ ro
わ wa を wo ん n/m

Compound sound Hiragana

A compound sound is made up of two letters put together. In the Japanese alphabet, people use 3 letters ya (や)、yu (ゆ)、yo(よ) combined with the letters in column i (except for い) to form compound sounds.

きゃkya きゅkyu きょkyo
しゃsha しゅshu しょsho
ちゃchya ちゅchyu ちょchyo
にゃnya にゅnyu  にょnyo
ひゃhya ひゅhyu ひょhyo
みゃmya みゅmyu みょmyo
りゃrya  りゅryu りょryo
ぎゃgya ぎゅgyu ぎょgyo
 じゃjya じゅjyu じょjyo
びゃbya  びゅbyu びょbyo
ぴゃpya ぴゅpyu ぴょpyo

Japanese Alphabets Katakana

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