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Last update October 5, 2025

Japanese Alphabet List




    

Hiragana/Katakana List

The following is a list of Japanese hiragana (shown first) and katakana (next) as well as its pronunciation (bottom). Unlike English, each character forms a single syllable.

Vowel a i u e o
Consonant
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a
shorter "ah"


i
shorter "ee" (see)


u
"oo" (foot)


e
"e" (bed)


o
shorter "a" (ball)
k

ka
[k] + [a]


ki
[k] + [i]


ku
[k] + [u]


ke
[k] + [e]


ko
[k] + [o]
s

sa
[s] + [a]


shi
"sh" (shoe) + [i]


su
[s] + [u]


se
[s] + [e]


so
[s] + [o]
t

ta
[t] + [a]


chi
"ch" (check) + [i]


tsu
"ts" (let's) + [u]


te
[t] + [e]


to
[t] + [o]
n

na
[n] + [a]


ni
[n] + [i]


nu
[n] + [u]


ne
[n] + [e]


no
[n] + [o]
h

ha
[h] + [a]


hi
[h] + [i]


hu
[h] + [u]


he
[h] + [e]


ho
[h] + [o]
m

ma
[m] + [a]


mi
[m] + [i]


mu
[m] + [u]


me
[m] + [e]


mo
[m] + [o]
y

ya
[y] + [a]
-

yu
[y] + [u]
-

yo
[y] + [o]
r

ra
[r] + [a]


ri
[r] + [i]


ru
[r] + [u]


re
[r] + [e]


ro
[r] + [o]
w

wa
[w] + [a]


(obsolete)
wi
[w] + [i]
-

(obsolete)
we
[w] + [e]


wo
[o]
- /
n
"ng" (seeing)
- - - -
g

ga
[g] + [a]


gi
[g] + [i]


gu
[g] + [u]


ge
[g] + [e]


go
[g] + [o]
z
(j)


za
[z] + [a]


ji
[j] + [i]


zu
[z] + [u]


ze
[z] + [e]


zo
[z] + [o]
d
(j, z)


da
[d] + [a]


ji
[j] + [i]


zu
[z] + [u]


de
[d] + [e]


do
[d] + [o]
b

ba
[b] + [a]


bi
[b] + [i]


bu
[b] + [u]


be
[b] + [e]


bo
[b] + [o]
p

pa
[p] + [a]


pi
[p] + [i]


pu
[p] + [u]


pe
[p] + [e]


po
[p] + [o]
ky きゃ
キャ
kya
[ky] + [a]
- きゅ
キュ
kyu
[ky] + [u]
- きょ
キョ
kyo
[ky] + [o]
gy ぎゃ
ギャ
gya
[gy] (baggy] + [a]
- ぎゅ
ギュ
gyu
[gy] + [u]
- ぎょ
ギョ
gyo
[gy] + [o]
sh しゃ
シャ
sha
"sh" (shoe) + [a]
- しゅ
シュ
shu
"sh" (shoe) + [u]
- しょ
ショ
sho
"sh" (shoe) + [o]
j じゃ
ジャ
ぢゃ
ヂャ
ja
"j" (Japan) + [a]
- じゅ
ジュ
ぢゅ
ヂュ
ju
"j"(Japan) + [u]
- じょ
ジョ
ぢょ
ヂョ
jo
"j" (Japan) + [o]
ch ちゃ
チャ
cha
"ch" (check) + [a]
- ちゅ
チュ
chu
"ch" (check) + [u]
ちぇ
チェ
che
"ch" (check) + [e]
ちょ
チョ
cho
"ch" (check) + [o]
hy ひゃ
ヒャ
hya
[h] + "y" (year) + [a]
- ひゅ
ヒュ
hyu
[h] + "y" (year) + [u]
- ひょ
ヒョ
hyo
[h] + "y" (year) + [o]
by びゃ
ビャ
bya
[b] + "y" (year) + [a]
- びゅ
ビュ
byu
[b] + "y" (year) + [u]
- びょ
ビョ
byo
[b] + "y" (year) + [o]
py ぴゃ
ピャ
pya
[p] + "y" (year) + [a]
- ぴゅ
ピュ
pyu
[p] + "y" (year) + [u]
- ぴょ
ピョ
pyo
[p] + "y" (year) + [o]
f ふぁ
ファ
fa
[hw] + [a]
- - ふぇ
フェ
fe
[hw] + [e]
ふぉ
フォ
fo
[hw] + [o]
my みゃ
ミャ
mya
[m] + "y" (year) + [a]
- みゅ
ミュ
myu
[m] + "y" (year) + [u]
- みょ
ミョ
myo
[m] + "y" (year) + [o]
ry りゃ
リャ
rya
[r] + "y" (year) + [a]
- りゅ
リュ
ryu
[r] + "y" (year) + [u]
- りょ
リョ
ryo
[r] + "y" (year) + [o]