Hiragana
All 104 characters. 46 basic, 25 with dakuten or handakuten, 33 combinations.
The 46 basic characters
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| あa | いi | うu | えe | おo | |
| k | かka | きki | くku | けke | こko |
| s | さsa | しshi | すsu | せse | そso |
| t | たta | ちchi | つtsu | てte | とto |
| n | なna | にni | ぬnu | ねne | のno |
| h | はha | ひhi | ふfu | へhe | ほho |
| m | まma | みmi | むmu | めme | もmo |
| y | やya | ゆyu | よyo | ||
| r | らra | りri | るru | れre | ろro |
| w | わwa | をwo | |||
| んn |
With dakuten and handakuten
| a | i | u | e | o | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| g | がga | ぎgi | ぐgu | げge | ごgo |
| z | ざza | じji | ずzu | ぜze | ぞzo |
| d | だda | ぢji | づzu | でde | どdo |
| b | ばba | びbi | ぶbu | べbe | ぼbo |
| p | ぱpa | ぴpi | ぷpu | ぺpe | ぽpo |
Reading the chart. Down the left is the consonant, across the top is the vowel. Japanese has five vowel sounds and almost every character is one of them with a consonant in front, which is why the grid works at all.
The two marks. Dakuten, the two strokes, turn k into g, s into z, t into d and h into b. Handakuten, the small circle, turns h into p. Both go on last, after the character underneath is finished.
The gaps. The dashed squares are sounds Japanese does not have. Nothing is missing from the chart.
Combinations
| ya | yu | yo |
|---|---|---|
| きゃkya | きゅkyu | きょkyo |
| しゃsha | しゅshu | しょsho |
| ちゃcha | ちゅchu | ちょcho |
| にゃnya | にゅnyu | にょnyo |
| ひゃhya | ひゅhyu | ひょhyo |
| みゃmya | みゅmyu | みょmyo |
| りゃrya | りゅryu | りょryo |
| ぎゃgya | ぎゅgyu | ぎょgyo |
| じゃja | じゅju | じょjo |
| びゃbya | びゅbyu | びょbyo |
| ぴゃpya | ぴゅpyu | ぴょpyo |
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Hiragana · writing practice
The 46 basic characters, 1 of 3. Trace the two models, then write it from memory along the row.
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The 46 basic characters, 2 of 3. Trace the two models, then write it from memory along the row.
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The 46 basic characters, 3 of 3. Trace the two models, then write it from memory along the row.
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Dakuten and handakuten, 1 of 2. The two marks are the last thing you write, after the character underneath is finished.
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Dakuten and handakuten, 2 of 2. The two marks are the last thing you write, after the character underneath is finished.
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Combinations, 1 of 2. The second character is written small, in the lower half of the space, and the pair is said as one syllable.
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Combinations, 2 of 2. The second character is written small, in the lower half of the space, and the pair is said as one syllable.
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Hiragana and katakana on a sheet each, the 109 N5 kanji across two, and the writing practice sheets. Free, no address needed, and licensed for classroom use.