Hiragana & Katakana Aplabet

あ

A

い

I, sometimes acts like a suffix

う

U

え

E

お

O, has a floating stroke to differentiate from A

か

Ka

が

Ga

き

Ki

ぎ

Gi

く

Ku

ぐ

Gu

け

Ke

げ

Ge

こ

Ko

ご

Go

さ

Sa

ざ

Za

し

Shi

じ

Ji

す

Su

ず

Zu

せ

Se

ぜ

Ze

そ

So

ぞ

Zo

た

Ta

だ

Da

ち

Ti (Chi)

ぢ

ji, rarely used

つ

Tsu

Another Version which is smaller prolongs the consonant that comes after it,

Acts as a glottal stop when found at the end of the word.

づ

Dzu

て

Te

で

De

と

To

ど

Do

な

Na

Na adjectives use the character to combine two nouns

に

Ni

ぬ

Nu

ね

Ne

の

No

は

Ha

Can be used as a topic marking particle but when it is done so, it is pronounced as "wa."

ば

Ba

ぱ

Pa

ひ

Hi

び

Bi

ぴ

Pi

ふ

Hu

ぶ

Bu

ぷ

Pu

へ

He

The particle to indicate the location the subject is going to but is pronounced as "Eh"

べ

Be

ぺ

Pe

ほ

Ho

ぼ

Bo

ぽ

Po

ま

Ma

み

Mi

む

Mu

め

Me

も

Mo

ら

Ra (la)

り

Ri (li)

る

Ru (Lu)

れ

Re (Le)

ろ

Ro (Lo)

や

Ya

ゆ

Yu

よ

Yo

きゃ

Kya

きゅ

Kyu

きょ

Kyo

ぎゃ

Gya

ぎゅ

Gyu

ぎょ

Gyo

しゃ

Shya

しゅ

Shyu

しょ

Shyo

じゃ

Jya

じゅ

Jyu

じょ

Jyo

ちゃ

Chya

ちゅ

Chyu

ちょ

Chyo

にゃ

Nya

にゅ

Nyu

にょ

Nyo

ひゃ

Hya

ひゅ

Hyu

ひょ

Hyo

びゃ

Bya

びゅ

Byu

びょ

Byo

ぴゃ

Pya

ぴゅ

Pyu

ぴょ

Pyo

みゃ

Mya

みゅ

Myu

みょ

Myo

りゃ

Rya

りゅ

Ryu