Hiragana

Hiragana is the phonogram of the Japanese language, mainly used together with kanji in Japanese grammar. Japanese children learn Hiragana first in their childhood.

Note
Pronunciation of 'di, du, va, vi, vu, ve, vo' are originally not in Japanese, but sometimes used to write the equivalent of non-Japanese words.

a i u e o

ka ki ku ke ko

sa si su se so

ta ti tu te to

na ni nu ne no

ha hi hu he ho

ma mi mu me mo

ya yu yo wa n

ra ri ru re ro

ga gi gu ge go

za zi zu ze zo

da di du de do, di du

ba bi bu be bo

pa pi pu pe po

kya kyu kyo, gya gyu gyo

sya syu sho zya zyu zyo

tya tyu tyo nya nyu nyo

hya hyu hyo pya pyu pyo

bya byu byo mya myu myo

rya ryu ryo va vi vu ve vo

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