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The Basic 46 Hiragana Characters
| あ a | い i | うu | えe | お o |
| か ka | き ki | くku | け ke | こko |
| さ sa | し shi | す su | せ se | そ so |
| た ta | ち chi | つ tsu | て te | とto |
| な na | に ni | ぬ nu | ね ne | の no |
| は ha* | ひ hi | ふ fu | へ he* | ほ ho |
| 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 o▲ | |||
| ん n |
っ (small tsu: double consonant)
* These characters are also used as grammatical particles; they are pronounced differently then. See cards 26 and 29.
▲ Only used as a grammatical particle—not to spell words.
Additional Hiragana Characters
| が ga | ぎ gi | ぐ gu | げ ge | ご go |
| ざ za | じ ji | ず zu | ぜ ze | ぞ zo |
| だ da | ぢ ji* | づ zu* | で de | どdo |
| ば ba | び bi | ぶ bu | べ be | ぼ bo |
| ぱ pa | ぴ pi | ぷ pu | ぺ pe | ぽ po |
* “ji” and “zu” are usually written with じ and ず.
| きゃ kya | きゅ kyu | きょ kyo |
| しゃ sha | しゅ shu | しょ sho |
| ちゃ cha | ちゅ chu | ちょ cho |
| 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 ja | じゅ ju | じょjo |
| ぢゃ ja* | ぢゅ ju* | ぢょ jo* |
| びゃ bya | びゅ byu | びょ byo |
| ぴゃ pya | ぴゅ pyu | ぴょ pyo |
* “ja,” “ju” and “jo” are usually written with じゃ, じゅand じょ.
The Basic 46 Katakana Characters
| ア a | イ i | ウ u | エ e | オ o |
| カ ka | キ ki | クku | ケ ke | コ ko |
| サ sa | シ shi | ス su | セ se | ソ so |
| タ ta | チ chi | ツ tsu | テ te | トto |
| ナ na | ニ ni | ヌ nu | ネ ne | ノ no |
| ハ ha* | ヒ hi | フ fu | へ he* | ホ ho |
| マ ma | ミ mi | ム mu | メ me | モ mo |
| ヤ ya | ユ yu | ヨ yo | ||
| ラ ra | リri | ル ru | レ re | ロ ro |
| ワ wa | ヲ o▲ | |||
| ン n |
* These characters are also used as grammatical particles; they are pronounced differently then.
▲ Only used as a grammatical particle—not to spell words.
Additional Katakana Characters
| ガ ga | ギ gi | グ gu | ゲ ge | ゴ go |
| ザ za | ジ ji/zi | ズ zu | ゼ ze | ゾ zo |
| ダ da | ヂ ji | ヅ zu | デ de | ド do |
| バ ba | ビ bi | ブ bu | べ be | ボ bo |
| パ pa | ピ pi | プ pu | ぺ pe | ポ po |
| キャ kya | キュ kyu | キョ kyo | |
| シャ sha | シュ shu | シェ she* | ショ sho |
| チャ cha | チュ chu | チェ che | チョ cho |
| ニャ nya | ニュ nyu | ニョ nyo | |
| ヒャ hya | ヒュ hyu | ヒョ hyo |
* Innovative pronunciation
| ミャ mya | ミュ myu | ミョ myo |
| リャ rya | リュ ryu | リョ ryo |
| ギャ gya | ギュ gyu | ギョgyo | |
| ジャ ja | ジュ ju | ジェ je* | ジョ jo |
* Innovative pronunciation
| ビャ bya | ビュ byu | ビョ byo |
| ピャ pya | ピュ pyu | ピョ pyo |
Innovative Pronunciations
| ティ ti | テュ tu | |||
| ディ di | デュ du | |||
| フア fa | フィ fi | フュ fyu | フェ fe | フオ fo |
| ツア tsa | ツィ tsi | ツェ tse | ||
| ウィ wi | ウェ we | ウオ wo | ||
| ヴア va | ヴィ vi | ヴ vu | ヴェ ve | ヴオ vo |
Introduction
Welcome! This set of flash cards, with its accompanying wall charts and audio disc, is designed to supplement your study of written Japanese. This set will help you master hiragana and katakana.
Japanese is written using 3 types of symbols. One type is the kanji (symbols that were adopted from the Chinese language). The other type, kana, are phonetic symbols. There are two different kana “alphabets,” so to speak, called hiragana and katakana. Hiragana is used to
