4. Basic Hiragana Chart (Audio)

Each Japanese syllable is made up of either a single vowel: a,i,u,e and o or a combination of a consonant plus a vowel.
The only exception is the n, m or ŋ sound which is represented by the character ん.

There are 46 basic Hiragana, 25 voiced or semi-voiced variations (called “Daku-on) and 33 contracted sounds. Here, “voiced” means you use your vocal cords to pronounce them. It begins with the consonants b, d, g, j and z and semi-voiced ones begin with p, that we call Daku-on.

46Basic Hiragana

Let’s pronounce each sound!

	A	I	U	E	O
	あ	い	う	え	お
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 hu	へ he	ほ ho
M	ま ma	み mi	む mu	め me	も mo
Y	Y ya		ゆ yu		よ yo
R	ら ra	り ri	る ru	れ re	ろ ro
W	わ wa				を o
N	ん

Daku-On (dull-sound)

	A	I	U	E	O
G	が ga	ぎ gi	ぐ gu	げ ge	ご go
Z	ざ za	じ ji	ず zu	ぜ ze	ぞ zo
D	だ da	ぢ ji	づ zu	で de	ど do
B	ば ba	び bi	ぶ bu	べ be	ぼ bo
P	ぱ pa	ぴ pi	ぷ pu	ぺ pe	ぽ po

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