4/02/2009

Japanese Character - Hiragana 平仮名

The following is the basic character of Japanese language, these character are called Hiragana.
They are the main characters, they form the Japanese words; there are other kind of characters which form the "Japanese words" translated from foreign languages.

Hiragana has 3 sets, the first set is the "base" characters, called seion 清音;
the second set is called dakuon/handakuon 濁音・半濁音;
the last set is called youon 拗音.

The alphabet after the character is how you input this character in a computer, also the pronounciation of that character unless there is a bracket.


Seion 清音

    A     I     U     E     O
     あ     い     う     え     お

K-  か ka  き ki  く ku  け ke  こ ko

S-  さ sa  し shi す su  せ se  そ so

T-  た ta  ち chi つ tsu て te  と to

N-  な na  に ni  ぬ nu  ね ne  の no

H-  は ha  ひ hi  ふ fu  へ he  ほ ho

M-  ま ma  み mi  む mu  め me  も mo

Y-  や ya        ゆ yu        よ yo

R-  ら ra  り ri  る ru  れ re  ろ ro

W-  わ wa                  を wo(o)

    ん nn(n)


Dakuon/handakuon 濁音。半濁音

G   が ga   ぎ gi  ぐ gu  げ ge  ご go

Z   ざ za   じ ji  ず zu  ぜ ze  ぞ zo

D   だ da   ぢ di  づ du  で de  ど do
            (ji)  (zu)

B   ば ba   び bi  ぶ bu  べ be  ぼ bo

P   ぱ pa   ぴ pi  ぷ pu  ぺ pe  ぽ po


Youon 拗音

Ky  きゃ kya      きゅ kyu     きょ kyo

Sh   しゃ sha      しゅ shu     しょ sho

Ch   ちゃ cha      ちゅ chu     ちょ cho

Ny   にゃ nya      にゅ nyu     にょ nyo

Hy   ひゃ hya      ひゅ hyu     ひょ hyo

My  みゃ mya      みゅ myu     みょ myo

Ry   りゃ rya      りゅ ryu     りょ ryo

Gy   ぎゃ gya      ぎゅ gyu     ぎょ gyo

J   じゃ ja       じゅ ju      じょ jo

By   びゃ bya      びゅ byu     びょ byo

Py   ぴゃ pya      ぴゅ pyu     ぴょ pyo

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