Introduction to Hiragana

Hiragana is the first writting system Japanese children learn in school. It consists of 46 characters which each represent a syllable. These 46 characters are arranged into rows and coloumns to form the Japanese alphabetical order.

A - I - U - E - O

Ka - Ki - Ku - Ke - Ko

Sa - Shi - Su - Se - So

Ta - Chi - Tsu - Te - To

Na - Ni - Nu - Ne - No

Ha - Hi - Fu - He - Ho

Ma - Mi - Mu - Me - Mo

Ya - Yu - Yo

Ra - Ri - Ru - Re - Ro

Wa - Wo

N`

Small Hiragana

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