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Hiragana & katakana

The two basic Japanese scripts. Hiragana is used for native words and endings, katakana for loanwords and names.

Basic characters

a
i
u
e
o
ka
ki
ku
ke
ko
sa
shi
su
se
so
ta
chi
tsu
te
to
na
ni
nu
ne
no
ha
hi
fu
he
ho
ma
mi
mu
me
mo
ya
yu
yo
ra
ri
ru
re
ro
wa
wo
n

Voiced and p-sounds (゛ ゜)

ga
gi
gu
ge
go
za
ji
zu
ze
zo
da
ji
zu
de
do
ba
bi
bu
be
bo
pa
pi
pu
pe
po

Combination sounds (small ゃゅょ)

kya
kyu
kyo
sha
shu
sho
cha
chu
cho
nya
nyu
nyo
hya
hyu
hyo
mya
myu
myo
rya
ryu
ryo
gya
gyu
gyo
ja
ju
jo
bya
byu
byo
pya
pyu
pyo

ぢ and づ are pronounced the same as じ and ず.