Lesson 1: Introduction to Kana - II

Basic Romaji, Hiragana, Katakana Chart

a

The "a" in the above example represents the Romaji character while the cell at the lower left represents the Hiragana character and the lower right cell holds the Katakana character.

There are 46 basic kana symbols in each Hiragana and Katakana tables. However, there are an additional 66 Hiragana and Katakana characters in a section below.

The Basic 46

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

Additional / Miscellaneous

ga		gi		gu		ge		go
za		ji		zu		ze		zo
da		ji		zu		de		do
ba		bi		bu		be		bo
pa		pi		pu		pe		po
kya				kyu				kyo
gya				gyu				gyo
sha				shu		she		sho
ja				ju		je		jo
cha				chu		che		cho
nya				nyu				nyo
hya				hyu				hyo
bya				byu				byo
pya				pyu				pyo
fa		fi		fu		fe		fo
mya				myu				myo
rya				ryu				ryo

Try to write each character in sequence as best you can.

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