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Hiragana

ひらがな

Hiragana is the foundation of Japanese writing. These 46 basic characters represent every sound in the Japanese language and are used for native Japanese words, grammatical particles, and verb endings.

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Vowels

K

S

T

N

H

M

Y

R

W

Special

G (Dakuten)

Z (Dakuten)

D (Dakuten)

B (Dakuten)

P (Handakuten)

KY (Combo)

SH (Combo)

CH (Combo)

NY (Combo)

HY (Combo)

MY (Combo)

RY (Combo)

GY (Combo)

J (Combo)

BY (Combo)

PY (Combo)