Hiragana

This is the basic hiragana characters:

Vowels

A:

  • あ

I:

  • い

U:

  • う

E:

  • え

O:

  • お

Syllables

Ka:

  • か

Ki:

  • き

Ku:

  • く

Ke:

  • け

Ko:

  • こ

Ga:

  • が

Gi:

  • ぎ

Gu:

  • ぐ

Ge:

  • げ

Go:

  • ご
  • Notice the K and G characters have the same base structure with the G’s having an additional ‘’ to the upper right of the character. Same applies to Z/S, T/D, and H/B. Every other phonetic character is unique.

Sa:

  • さ

Si:

  • し

Su:

  • す

Se:

  • せ

So:

  • そ

Za:

  • ざ

Zi:

  • じ

Zu:

  • ず

Ze:

  • ぜ

Zo:

  • ぞ

Ta:

  • た

Ti:

  • ち

Tu:

  • っ

Te:

  • て

To:

  • と

Da:

  • だ

Di:

  • ぢ

Du:

  • づ

De:

  • で

Do:

  • ど

Na:

  • な

Ni:

  • に

Nu:

  • ぬ

Ne:

  • ね

No:

  • の

N:

  • ん

Ha:

  • は

Hi:

  • ひ

Hu:

  • ふ

He:

  • へ

Ho:

  • ほ

Ba:

  • ば

Bi:

  • び

Bu:

  • ぶ

Be:

  • べ

Bo:

  • ぼ

Pa:

  • ぱ

Pi:

  • ぴ

Pu:

  • ぷ

Pe:

  • ぺ

Po:

  • ぽ
  • Notice that the P syllables have the same character structure as H/B but with an addition circle in the upper right corner of the character.

Ma:

  • ま

Mi:

  • み

Mu:

  • む

Me:

  • め

Mo:

  • も

Ya:

  • や

Yu:

  • ゆ

Yo:

  • よ
  • Notice that the Y syllables have no I or E counterparts.

Ra:

  • ら

Ri:

  • り

Ru:

  • る

Re:

  • れ

Ro:

  • ろ

Wa:

  • わ

Wi:

  • ゐ

We:

  • ゑ

Wo:

  • を
  • Notice the W syllables have no U counterpart.