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Modern Japanese combines the use of hiragana, katakana and kanji in its writing system.
There are 46 basic hiragana characters (see the first table), and there are 25 voiced and 33 double hiragana characters modified from the basic hiragana characters (see the second and third table).
Hiragana is (almost) 100% phonetic - what you write is what you pronounce. (In this sense it's easier than English, Chinese or Korean!)
Pay special attention to:
A Japanese word can be as simple as one single hiragana.
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| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | あ a |
い i |
う u |
え e |
お o |
| k | か ka |
き ki |
く ku |
け ke |
こ ko |
| s | さ sa |
し shi |
す su |
せ se |
そ so |
| t | た ta |
ち chi |
つ tsu |
て te |
と to |
| n | な na |
に ni |
ぬ nu |
ね ne |
の no |
| h | は ha |
ひ hi |
ふ fu |
へ he |
ほ ho |
| m | ま ma |
み mi |
む mu |
め me |
も mo |
| y | や ya |
ゆ yu |
よ yo |
||
| r | ら ra |
り ri |
る ru |
れ re |
ろ ro |
| w | わ wa |
を wo |
|||
| nn | ん nn |
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | が ga |
ぎ gi |
ぐ gu |
げ ge |
ご go |
| z | ざ za |
じ ji |
ず zu |
ぜ ze |
ぞ zo |
| d | だ da |
ぢ ji |
づ zu |
で de |
ど do |
| b | ば ba |
び bi |
ぶ bu |
べ be |
ぼ bo |
| p | ぱ pa |
ぴ pi |
ぷ pu |
ぺ pe |
ぽ po |
| ゃ | ゅ | ょ | |
|---|---|---|---|
| き | きゃ kya |
きゅ kyu |
きょ kyo |
| し | しゃ sha |
しゅ shu |
しょ sho |
| ち | ちゃ cha |
ちゅ chu |
ちょ cho |
| に | にゃ nya |
にゅ nyu |
にょ nyo |
| ひ | ひゃ hya |
ひゅ hyu |
ひょ hyo |
| み | みゃ mya |
みゅ myu |
みょ myo |
| り | りゃ rya |
りゅ ryu |
りょ ryo |
| ぎ | ぎゃ gya |
ぎゅ gyu |
ぎょ gyo |
| じ | じゃ ja |
じゅ ju |
じょ jo |
| び | びゃ bya |
びゅ byu |
びょ byo |
| ぴ | ぴゃ pya |
ぴゅ pyu |
ぴょ pyo |