2. Hiragana ひらがな

“ひらがな(Hiragana)” is the most basic Japanese writing system.
The Hiragana characters are simplified from Kanji characters.
They indicate pronunciations.

There are 5 vowels and 10 consonants.
And there are some voiced consonants and some contracted sounds.
Japanese pronunciation is not difficult for English speakers.
It is easy to learn.

Contents

1. Seion(清音、せいおん): Basic characters
2. Dakuon( 濁音、だくおん): Voiced consonants
3. Youon(拗音、ようおん): Contracted sounds

1. Seion(清音、せいおん): Basic characters

あ	い	う	え	お
a	i	u	e	o
か	き	く	け	こ
ka	ki	ku	ke	ko
さ	し	す	せ	そ
sa	shi	su	se	so
た	ち	つ	て	と
ta	chi	tsu	te	to
な	に	ぬ	ね	の
na	ni	nu	ne	no
は	ひ	ふ	へ	ほ
ha	hi	fu	he	fo
ま	み	む	め	も
ma	mi	mu	me	mo
や	ー	ゆ	ー	よ
ya	–	yu	–	yo
ら	り	る	れ	ろ
ra	ri	ru	re	ro
わ	ー	ー	ー	を
wa	–	–	–	wo
ん
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2. Dakuon( 濁音、だくおん): Voiced consonants

が	ぎ	ぐ	げ	ご
ga	gi	gu	ge	go
ざ	じ	ず	ぜ	ぞ
za	ji	zu	ze	zo
だ	ぢ	づ	で	ど
da	ji	zu	de	do
ば	び	ぶ	べ	ぼ
ba	bi	bu	be	bo
ぱ	ぴ	ぷ	ぺ	ぽ
pa	pi	pu	pe	po

3. Youon(拗音、ようおん): Contracted sounds

きゃ	ー	きゅ	ー	きょ
kya	–	kyu	–	kyo
しゃ	ー	しゅ	ー	しょ
sha	–	shu	–	sho
ちゃ	ー	ちゅ	ー	ちょ
cha	–	chu	–	cho
にゃ	ー	にゅ	ー	にょ
nya	–	nyu	–	nyo
ひゃ	ー	ひゅ	ー	ひょ
hya	–	hyu	–	hyo
みゃ	ー	みゅ	ー	みょ
mya	–	myu	–	myo
りゃ	ー	りゅ	ー	りょ
rya	–	ryu	–	ryo
ぎゃ	ー	ぎゅ	ー	ぎょ
gya	–	gyu	–	gyo
じゃ	ー	じゅ	ー	じょ
ja	–	ju	–	jo
びゃ	ー	びゅ	ー	びょ
bya	–	byu	–	byo
ぴゃ	ー	ぴゅ	ー	ぴょ
pya	–	pyu	–	pyo