[essex Uni] Japanese Class - Hiragana Chart

HIRAGANA CHART ひらがな　

w

ｒ/l

y

m

h

n

t

s

k

vowel

ん わ ら や ま は な た さ か あ **

wa

r/l a

ya

り

ma

ha

na

ta

sa

ka

a

み ひ に ち し き い

r/l i

mi

hi

ni

chi

shi

ki

i□

i

る ゆ む ふ ぬ つ す く う

u

れ

め へ ね て せ け え

r/l e

me

e

r/l u

yu

mu

hu he

nu ne

tsu* te

su se

ku ke

u△ e

を ろ よ も ほ の と そ こ お o

a

r/l o

yo

mo

ho

no

□い

to

so

ko

o

is also used to make the preceding [i] and [e] sound longer. E.g. え[e]　えい[ee]/[e:]/[ei]. △う is also used to make the preceding [u] and [o] sound longer. E..g. こ [ko]　こう[koo]/[ko:]/[kou]. * つ has 2 sizes. The smaller one is not pronounced but stands for a short pause (about one hiragana-length), and is regarded as one syllable. ** ん is pronounced [m],[n],[ng] and so on, and is regarded as one syllable.

o

ｐ

ｂ

ぱ ば pa

ba

ぴ び pi

bi

ぷ ぶ pu

bu

ぺ べ pe

be

ぽ ぼ po

bo

ぢ and　づ are pronounced じ[ji] or ず[dzu], but they are rarely used.

ｄ

ｚ

ｇ

だ ざ が da

za

ga

ぢ じ ぎ ji

ji

gi

づ ず ぐ dzu

dzu

gu

で ぜ げ de

ze

ge

ど ぞ ご do

zo

go

a i u e o

hiragana ひらがな拗音（ようおん）

r/ｌ ｙ my

py

by

hy

ny

ｊ*

ch

ｊ

ｓｈ

gy

ky

り み ぴ び ひ に ぢ ち じ し ぎ き ゃ

ゃ

r/l ya mya

ゃ pya

ゃ b ya

ゃ hya

ゃ nya

ゃ ja

ゃ cha

ゃ ja

ゃ sha

ゃ gya

ゃ a

kya

り み ぴ び ひ に ぢ ち じ し ぎ き ゅ

ゅ

r/l yu myu

ゅ pyu

ゅ byu

ゅ hy a

ゅ nyu

ゅ ju

ゅ chu

ゅ ju

ゅ shu

ゅ gyu

ゅ u

kyu

り み ぴ び ひ に ぢ ち じ し ぎ き ょ

ょ

r/l yo myo

ょ pyo

ょ byo

ょ hyo

ょ nyo

ょ jo

ょ cho

ょ jo

ょ sho

ょ gyo

ょ o

kyo

Small や、ゆ、よ are always attached to preceding letters. And both letters(the preceding ones and small や,ゆ orよ) together are regarded as one syllable. The length of きゃ[kya] is same as that of か[ka] and the length of きゃあ[kyaa]/[kya:] is about twice as long.

* ぢゃ,ぢゅ and ぢょ are pronounced じゃ[ja], じゅ[ju] and じょ[jo], but they are rarely used.