Learning the Hiragana Syllabary
29/05/2021Updated 07/06/20231 min read
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Learning the Hiragana syllabary
To start learning Japanese we first need to learn Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji…
In this post we share material for learning the Hiragana syllabary, how each character is pronounced and how the characters combine.
THE HIRAGANA SYLLABARY
| K | S | T | N | H | M | Y | R | W | ||
| A | ka | sa | ta | na | ha | ma | ya | ra | wa | n |
| あ | か | さ | た | な | は | ま | や | ら | わ | ん |
| I | ki | shi | chi | ni | hi | mi | ri | |||
| い | き | し | ち | に | ひ | み | り | |||
| U | ku | su | tsu | nu | fu | mu | yu | ru | ||
| う | く | す | つ | ぬ | ふ | む | ゆ | る | ||
| E | ke | se | te | ne | he | me | re | |||
| え | け | せ | て | ね | へ | め | れ | |||
| O | ko | so | to | no | ho | mo | yo | ro | ||
| お | こ | そ | と | の | ほ | も | よ | ろ |
| G | Z | D | B | P | |
| A | ga | za | da | ba | pa |
| が | ざ | だ | ば | ぱ | |
| I | gi | ji | ji | bi | pi |
| ぎ | じ | ぢ | び | ぴ | |
| U | gu | zu | zu | bu | pu |
| ぐ | ず | づ | ぶ | ぷ | |
| O | go | zo | do | bo | po |
| ご | ぞ | ど | ぼ | ぽ |
| KY | SH | CH | NY | HY | RY | GY | J | J | BY | PY | |
| A | kya | sha | cha | nya | hya | rya | gya | ja | ja | bya | pya |
| きゃ | しゃ | ちゃ | にゃ | ひゃ | りゃ | ぎゃ | じゃ | ぢゃ | びゃ | ぴゃ | |
| U | kyu | shu | chu | nyu | hyu | ryu | gyu | ju | ju | byu | pyu |
| きゅ | しゅ | ちゅ | にゅ | ひゅ | りゅ | ぎゅ | じゅ | ぢゅ | びゅ | ぴゅ | |
| O | kyo | sho | cho | nyo | hyo | ryo | gyo | jo | jo | byo | pyo |
| きょ | しょ | ちょ | にょ | ひょ | りょ | ぎょ | じょ | ぢょ | びょ | ぴょ |
We hope this material is useful to you.
Good luck with your studies.
See also:
Learning 1945 Kanji in Japanese with Sino-Vietnamese Readings
Kanji Look and Learn N2 – N1 Material (in Vietnamese)