Saturday, December 2, 2017

hiragana ひらがな

The hiragana 平仮名 is one of the three Japanese "alphabets". It's counterpart of the katakana カタカナ. Both hiragana and katakana are sometimes referred to as kana かな.

Unlike the kanji 漢字, whose readings may vary depending on the word, the way a kana such as hiragana is read always stay the same.

The hiragana is normally used to write the Japanese particles, the furigana 振り仮名, the okurigana 送り仮名, onomatopoeic and mimetic words, and to write other simple, common words and auxiliaries that aren't written with kanji. Aesthetically, it's chummier than the other "alphabets."

Chart

For reference, the romaji chart including only the hiragana:

a
i
u
e
o
ka
ki
ku
ke
ko
ga
gi
gu
ge
go
sa
shi
su
se
so
za
ji
zu
ze
zo
ta
chi
tsu
te
to
da
di
dzu
de
do
na
ni
nu
ne
no
ha
hi
fu
he
ho
ba
bi
bu
be
bo
pa
pi
pu
pe
po
ma
mi
mu
me
mo
ya
yu
yo
ra
ri
ru
re
ro
wa
n
wo

A few notes:

Next you have the diphthongs (compound kana) spelled using the small kana ゃゅょ.

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

For reference, as an image:

A hiragana chart.

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