Hiragana and Katakana

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The two Japanese phonic systems hiragana and katakana are given below. The (gojonzu or table of 50 sounds) are given first. The entries are arranged according to (gojonjun). The typeface on the left is MS Gothic and on the right is MS Mincho. The dakuon and handauon are given next. These are followed by hirigana combinations such as used for loan words.

 Seion (MS Gothic) Hiragana

a i u e o

Audio

Seion (MS Mincho) Hiragana Katakana

a i u e o

Katakana
a i u e o a row

ka ki ku ke ko

ka ki ku ke ko

k row ka ki ku ke ko

ka ki ku ke ko

sa shi su se so

sa shi su se so

s row sa shi su se so

sa shi su se so

ta chi tsu te to

ta chi tsu te to

t row ta chi tsu te to

ta chi tsu te to

na ni nu ne no

na ni nu ne no

n row na ni nu ne no

na ni nu ne no

ha hi fu he ho

ha hi fu he ho

h row ha hi fu he ho

ha hi fu he ho

ma mi mu me mo

ma mi mu me mo

m row ma mi mu me mo

ma mi mu me mo

ya

yu

yo

ya

yu

yo

y row ya

yu

yo

ya

yu

yo


ra ri ru re ro

ra ri ru re ro

r row ra ri ru re ro

ra ri ru re ro

wa

wa

wa o

w row wa o

-n

tsu

-n

tsu vu Audio

-n

tsu

-n

tsu vu

Dakuon and Handakuon Hiragana

ga gi gu ge go

Dakuon and Handakuon Hiragana Katakana

ga gi gu ge go

Katakana
ga gi gu ge go

g row ga

gi

gu ge go

za ji zu ze zo

za ji zu ze zo

z row za ji zu ze zo

za ji zu ze zo

da di du de do

da di du de do

d row da di du de do

da di du de do

ba bi bu be bo

ba bi bu be bo

b row ba bi bu be bo

ba bi bu be bo

pa pi pu pe po

pa pi pu pe po

p row pa pi pu pe po

pa pi pu pe po

Yon (MS Gothic)

Hiragana Katakana

Yon (MS Mincho)

Hiragana Katakana

kya kyu kyo

kya kyu kyo

kya kyu kyo

kya kyu kyo

sha shu sho

sha shu sho

sha shu sho

sha shu sho

cha chu cho

cha chu cho

cha chu cho

cha chu cho

nya nyu nyo

nya nyu nyo

nya nyu nyo

nya nyu nyo

hya hyu hyo

hya hyu hyo

hya hyu hyo

hya hyu hyo

mya myu myo

mya myu myo

mya myu myo

mya myu myo

rya ryu ryo

rya ryu ryo

rya ryu ryo

rya ryu ryo

gya

gyu

gyo

gya

gyu

gyo

gya

gyu

gyo

gya

gyu

gyo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

ja ju jo

bya byu byo

bya byu byo

bya byu byo

bya byu byo

pya pyu pyo

pya pyu pyo

pya pyu pyo

pya pyu pyo

Katakana
wa

wi

wu

we

wo (uxo) wa row

qwa

qwi

qwu

qwe

qwo qwa row

twa

twi

twu

twe

two twa row

fa

fi

fu

fe

fo fa row


va

vi

Vu

ve

vo va row

ti (texi) ti row

tsa

di row

di (dexi) du (dexyu)

tsa row

cha

chi

chu

che

cho cha row

ja

ji

ju

je

jo ja row

To repeat a kanji, use (noma). For example, ji means time, while tokidoki means sometimes. For brackets, use and