Learning the Katakana Syllabary
29/05/2021Updated 07/06/20231 min read
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Learning the Katakana syllabary
To start learning Japanese we first need to learn Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji…
In this post we share material for learning the Katakana syllabary, how each character is pronounced and how the characters combine.
THE KATAKANA SYLLABARY
| K | S | T | N | H | M | Y | R | W | ||
| A | ka | sa | ta | na | ha | ma | ya | ra | wa | n |
| ア | カ | サ | タ | ナ | ハ | マ | ヤ | ラ | ワ | ン |
| I | ki | shi | chi | ni | hi | mi | ri | |||
| イ | キ | シ | チ | ニ | ヒ | ミ | リ | |||
| U | ku | su | tsu | nu | fu | mu | yu | ru | ||
| ウ | ク | ス | ツ | ヌ | フ | ム | ユ | ル | ||
| E | ke | se | te | ne | he | me | re | |||
| エ | ケ | セ | テ | ネ | ヘ | メ | レ | |||
| O | ko | so | to | no | ho | mo | yo | ro | ||
| オ | コ | ソ | ト | ノ | ホ | モ | ヨ | ロ |
| G | Z | D | B | P | |
| A | ga | za | da | ba | pa |
| ガ | ザ | ダ | バ | パ | |
| I | gi | ji | ji | bi | pi |
| ギ | ジ | ヂ | ビ | ピ | |
| U | gu | zu | zu | bu | pu |
| グ | ズ | ヅ | ブ | プ | |
| O | go | zo | do | bo | po |
| ゴ | ゾ | ド | ボ | ポ |
| KY | SH | CH | NY | HY | RY | GY | J | J | BY | PY | |
| A | kya | sha | cha | nya | hya | rya | gya | ja | ja | bya | pya |
| キャ | シャ | チャ | ニャ | ヒャ | リャ | ギャ | ジャ | ヂャ | ビャ | ピャ | |
| U | kyu | shu | chu | nyu | hyu | ryu | gyu | ju | ju | byu | pyu |
| キュ | シュ | チュ | ニュ | ヒュ | リュ | ギュ | ジュ | ヂュ | ビュ | ピュ | |
| O | kyo | sho | cho | nyo | hyo | ryo | gyo | jo | jo | byo | pyo |
| キョ | ショ | チョ | ニョ | ヒョ | リョ | ギョ | ジョ | ヂョ | ビョ | ピョ |
We hope this material is useful to you.
Good luck with your studies.
See also:
2000 Common Kanji
214 Japanese Kanji Radicals Explained