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Hiragana

ひらがな (hiragana) is used to write native Japanese words. You should have already read the first two chapters on Japanese pronunciation and introduction to reading Japanese.

In this chapter, we are going to look at the overall ひらがな syllabary. The base kana contains 50 characters and are called gojūonzu (fifty sounds illustration), however, three of the fifty original sounds are duplicates, two are obsolete, and an extra one has been added, so that presently there are forty-six in common use. Following this chapter are lessons designed to help you master reading and writing ひらがな. There is also a Kana Chart that displays both かな scripts for you to print out and use as reference. ひらがな are not just geometric shapes, strokes need to be formed and arranged in a certain way.

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Basic Syllables

Clear							Voiced							Plosive
	a	i	u	e	o			a	i	u	e	o			a	i	u	e	o
	あ	い	う	え	お
k	か	き	く	け	こ		g	が	ぎ	ぐ	げ	ご
s	さ	し	す	せ	そ		z	ざ	じ	ず	ぜ	ぞ
t	た	ち	つ	て	と		d	だ	ぢ	づ	で	ど
n	な	に	ぬ	ね	の
h	は	ひ	ふ	へ	ほ		b	ば	び	ぶ	べ	ぼ		p	ぱ	ぴ	ぷ	ぺ	ぽ
m	ま	み	む	め	も
y	や	-	ゆ	-	よ
r	ら	り	る	れ	ろ
w	わ	ゐ*	-	ゑ*	を
n	ん

* These sounds are not used in modern Japanese.

Clear					Voiced					Plosive
	ya	yu	yo			ya	yu	yo			ya	yu	yo
ki	きゃ	きゅ	きょ		gi	ぎゃ	ぎゅ	ぎょ
shi	しゃ	しゅ	しょ		ji	じゃ	じゅ	じょ
chi	ちゃ	ちゅ	ちょ		ji	じゃ	じゅ	じょ
ni	にゃ	にゅ	にょ
hi	ひゃ	ひゅ	ひょ		bi	びゃ	びゅ	びょ		pi	ぴゃ	ぴゅ	ぴょ
mi	みゃ	みゅ	みょ
ri	りゃ	りゅ	りょ

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  marcela 6 month(s) ago

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  that's really nice.....:_) love japanese :) arigatou gozaimasu
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  Line ＾ェ＾ 6 month(s) ago

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  Excellent! :D
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  CoolWho 6 month(s) ago

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  That not very hard.
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  nekohime 6 month(s) ago

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  i love it
  <3