Readings of the Japanese word.
The word is written in kanji with furigana over each character. There is also the transliteration written in kana (hiragana or katakana) and romaji using the Hepburn method. Some words indicated by the symbol have a computer-generated audio that can be listened to by clicking on it.
Words having multiple readings will be ordered by popularity.
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Table of hiragana letters
Hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, one basic component of the Japanese writing system, along with katakana, kanji, and in some cases rōmaji (the Latin-script alphabet).
Hiragana and katakana are both kana systems. With one or two minor exceptions, each sound in the Japanese language is represented by one character in each system.
Hiragana is used to write native words for which there are no kanji, including grammatical particles. Likewise, hiragana is used to write words whose kanji form is obscure, not known to the writer or readers, or too formal for the writing purpose.
This table will help you study Hiragana.
あ | い | う | え | お |
か | き | く | け | こ |
さ | し | す | せ | そ |
た | ち | つ | て | と |
な | に | ぬ | ね | の |
は | ひ | ふ | へ | ほ |
ま | み | む | め | も |
や | ゆ | よ | ||
ら | り | る | れ | ろ |
わ | を | |||
ん |
が | ぎ | ぐ | げ | ご |
ざ | じ | ず | ぜ | ぞ |
だ | で | ど | ||
ば | び | ぶ | べ | ぼ |
ぱ | ぴ | ぷ | ぺ | ぽ |
きゃ | きゅ | きょ | ||
しゃ | しゅ | しょ | ||
ちゃ | ちゅ | ちょ | ||
にゃ | にゅ | にょ | ||
ひゃ | ひゅ | ひょ | ||
みゃ | みゅ | みょ | ||
りゃ | りゅ | りょ |
ぎゃ | ぎゅ | ぎょ | ||
じゃ | じゅ | じょ | ||
びゃ | びゅ | びょ | ||
ぴゃ | ぴゅ | ぴょ |
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