Learning Japanese Kana

Jan 20, 2024

Hiragana and Katakana phonetic scripts of 360 characters.

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Hiragana - 174 characters used to write native words

a - / ah /
i - / ee /
u - / oo /
e - / eh /
o - / oh /
ka - / kah /
ki - / kee /
ku - / koo /
ke - / keh /
ko - / koh /
ga - / gah /
gi - / gee /
gu - / goo /
ge - / geh /
go - / goh /
sa - / sah /
shi - / shee /
su - / soo /
se - / seh /
so - / soh /
za - / zah /
ji - / jee /
zu - / zoo /
ze - / zeh /
zo - / zoh /
ta - / tah /
chi - / chee /
tsu - / tsoo /
te - / teh /
to - / toh /
da - / dah /
ji - / jee /
dzu - / dzoo /
de - / deh /
do - / doh /
na - / nah /
ni - / nee /
nu - / noo /
ne - / neh /
no - / noh /
ha - / hah /
hi - / hee /
fu - / foo /
he - / heh /
ho - / hoh /
ba - / bah /
bi - / bee /
bu - / boo /
be - / beh /
bo - / boh /
pa - / pah /
pi - / pee /
pu - / poo /
pe - / peh /
po - / poh /
ma - / mah /
mi - / mee /
mu - / moo /
me - / meh /
mo - / moh /
ya - / yah /
yu - / yoo /
yo - / yoh /
ra - / rah /
ri - / ree /
ru - / roo /
re - / reh /
ro - / roh /
wa - / wah /
wi - / wee /
we - / weh /
wo - / oh /
n
vu - / voo /

Katakana - 186 characters used to write foreign words

a - / ah /
i - / ee /
u - / oo /
e - / eh /
o - / oh /
ka - / kah /
ki - / kee /
ku - / koo /
ke - / keh /
ko - / koh /
ga - / gah /
gi - / gee /
gu - / goo /
ge - / geh /
go - / goh /
sa - / sah /
shi - / shee /
su - / soo /
se - / seh /
so - / soh /
za - / zah /
ji - / jee /
zu - / zoo /
ze - / zeh /
zo - / zoh /
ta - / tah /
chi - / chee /
tsu - / tsoo /
te - / teh /
to - / toh /
da - / dah /
ji - / jee /
dzu - / dzoo /
de - / deh /
do - / doh /
na - / nah /
ni - / nee /
nu - / noo /
ne - / neh /
no - / noh /
ha - / hah /
hi - / hee /
fu - / foo /
he - / heh /
ho - / hoh /
ba - / bah /
bi - / bee /
bu - / boo /
be - / beh /
bo - / boh /
pa - / pah /
pi - / pee /
pu - / poo /
pe - / peh /
po - / poh /
ma - / mah /
mi - / mee /
mu - / moo /
me - / meh /
mo - / moh /
ya - / yah /
yu - / yoo /
yo - / yoh /
ra - / rah /
ri - / ree /
ru - / roo /
re - / reh /
ro - / roh /
wa - / wah /
wi - / wee /
we - / weh /
wo - / oh /
va - / vah /
vi - / vee /
vu - / voo /
ve - / veh /
vo - / voh /
n