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Kana Chart

Compare hiragana and katakana side by side, then scan the voiced sounds and combination kana that appear in everyday Japanese.

Hiragana (ひらがな)

Row	A	I	U	E	O
Vowels	あa	いi	うu	えe	おo
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
N	んn

Katakana (カタカナ)

Row	A	I	U	E	O
Vowels	アa	イi	ウu	エe	オo
K	カka	キki	クku	ケke	コko
S	サsa	シshi	スsu	セse	ソso
T	タta	チchi	ツtsu	テte	トto
N	ナna	ニni	ヌnu	ネne	ノno
H	ハha	ヒhi	フfu	ヘhe	ホho
M	マma	ミmi	ムmu	メme	モmo
Y	ヤya		ユyu		ヨyo
R	ラra	リri	ルru	レre	ロro
W	ワwa				ヲwo
N	ンn

Dakuten and Handakuten

Small marks change the sound: dakuten adds voicing, while handakuten turns the H row into P sounds.

Row	A	I	U	E	O
G	がガ ga	ぎギ gi	ぐグ gu	げゲ ge	ごゴ go
Z	ざザ za	じジ ji	ずズ zu	ぜゼ ze	ぞゾ zo
D	だダ da	ぢヂ ji	づヅ zu	でデ de	どド do
B	ばバ ba	びビ bi	ぶブ bu	べベ be	ぼボ bo
P	ぱパ pa	ぴピ pi	ぷプ pu	ぺペ pe	ぽポ po

Combination Kana

These pair an I-column kana with a small ya, yu, or yo to make blended readings.

Row	YA	YU	YO
KY	きゃキャ kya	きゅキュ kyu	きょキョ kyo
SH	しゃシャ sha	しゅシュ shu	しょショ sho
CH	ちゃチャ cha	ちゅチュ chu	ちょチョ cho
NY	にゃニャ nya	にゅニュ nyu	にょニョ nyo
HY	ひゃヒャ hya	ひゅヒュ hyu	ひょヒョ hyo
MY	みゃミャ mya	みゅミュ myu	みょミョ myo
RY	りゃリャ rya	りゅリュ ryu	りょリョ ryo
GY	ぎゃギャ gya	ぎゅギュ gyu	ぎょギョ gyo
J	じゃジャ ja	じゅジュ ju	じょジョ jo
BY	びゃビャ bya	びゅビュ byu	びょビョ byo
PY	ぴゃピャ pya	ぴゅピュ pyu	ぴょピョ pyo

Hiragana

Used for native Japanese words, grammatical endings, particles, and words usually written without kanji.

Katakana

Used for loanwords, foreign names, many sound effects, technical terms, and emphasis.