Hiragana Chart
Full chart of the hiragana syllabary with sounds.
Gojūon-zu 【五十音図】
- In Japanese, syllables are organized in the form of a table (5 x 10). This
table is called gojūon-zu (literally means table of 50 sounds).
- To describe these sounds, Hiragana and Katakana alphabets are used.
- Letters い, う and え appear more than once in the table. These 5 duplicates
(gray colored) are usually skipped or ignored.
- Another syllable ん is included. It doesn’t belong to any row or column.
- In total, 46 letters (45+1) are counted as gojūon (50 sounds).
| Gojūon 【五十音】
|
| # |
a |
i |
u |
e |
o |
| a |
あ
|
い
|
う
|
え
|
お
|
| k |
か
|
き
|
く
|
け
|
こ
|
| s |
さ
|
し
|
す
|
せ
|
そ
|
| t |
た
|
ち
|
つ
|
て
|
と
|
| n |
な
|
に
|
ぬ
|
ね
|
の
|
| h |
は
|
ひ
|
ふ
|
へ
|
ほ
|
| m |
ま
|
み
|
む
|
め
|
も
|
|
| y |
や
|
|
ゆ
|
|
よ
|
| r |
ら
|
り
|
る
|
れ
|
ろ
|
| w |
わ
|
ゐ
|
|
ゑ
|
を
|
| n |
ん
|
Dakuon 【濁音】and Handakuon 【半濁音】
- Dakuon literally means turbid or murky sound. It is the voiced sound
of か
[ka], さ
[sa], た
[ta] and は
[ha]-row syllables.
- Dakuon is indicated with two small dots.
- Pronunciation of じ and ぢ, ず and づ are the same.
- Handakuon literally means half-turbid or half-murky sound.
- Handakuon is indicated with a small circle.
| Dakuon
【濁音】with
Handakuon 【半濁音】 |
|
あ |
い |
う |
え |
お |
| g |
が
|
ぎ
|
ぐ
|
げ
|
ご
|
| za |
ざ
|
じ
|
ず
|
ぜ
|
ぞ
|
| da |
だ
|
ぢ
|
づ
|
で
|
ど
|
| ba |
ば
|
び
|
ぶ
|
べ
|
ぼ
|
| pa |
ぱ
|
ぴ
|
ぷ
|
ぺ
|
ぽ
|
Yōon 【拗音】
- Yōon is a combination of the consonant of i-column syllables and ya,
yu or
yo. For
example, k
+ ya =
kya.
- Yōon is described by i-column letters plus small や, ゆ or よ. For
example, き +
ゃ = きゃ
[kya].
- Pronunciation of じゃ, じゅ, じょ and ぢゃ, ぢゅ, ぢょ are the same.
| Yōon
【拗音】with
Handakuon 【半濁音】 |
| # |
ya |
yu |
yo |
| ky |
きゃ
|
きゅ
|
きょ
|
| sh |
しゃ
|
しゅ
|
しょ
|
| ch |
ちゃ
|
ちゅ
|
ちょ
|
| ny |
にゃ
|
にゅ
|
にょ
|
| hy |
ひゃ
|
ひゅ
|
ひょ
|
| my |
みゃ
|
みゅ
|
みょ
|
| ry |
りゃ
|
りゅ
|
りょ
|
| gy |
ぎゃ
|
ぎゅ
|
ぎょ
|
| ja |
じゃ
|
じゅ
|
じょ
|
| by |
びゃ
|
びゅ
|
びょ
|
| py |
ぴゃ
|
ぴゅ
|
ぴょ
|
