On this page, you can learn Hiragana, which is one of the three Japanese alphabets.
46 basic Hiragana characters
There are 46 basic Hiragana characters.
- あ い う え お (a, i, u, e, o)
- か き く け こ (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko)
- さ し す せ そ (sa, shi, su, se, so)
- た ち つ て と (ta, chi, tsu, te, to)
- な に ぬ ね の (na, ni, nu, ne, no)
- は ひ ふ へ ほ (ha, hi, fu, he, ho)
- ま み む め も (ma, mi, mu, me, mo)
- や ゆ よ (ya, yu, yo)
- ら り る れ ろ (ra, ri, ru, re, ro)
- わ を ん (wa, wo, n)
あいうえお かきくけこ さしすせそ
たちつてと なにぬねの はひふへほ
まみむめも やゆよ らりるれろ わをん
Additional Hiragana characters
- が ぎ ぐ げ ご (ga, gi, gu, ge, go)
- ざ じ ず ぜ ぞ (za, ji, zu, ze, zo)
- だ ぢ づ で ど (da, ji, zu, de, do)
- ば び ぶ べ ぼ (ba, bi, bu, be, bo)
- ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽ (pa, pi, pu, pe, po)
Combined Hiragana characters
- きゃ きゅ きょ (kya, kyu, kyo)
- しゃ しゅ しょ (sha, shu, sho)
- ちゃ ちゅ ちょ (cha, chu, cho)
- にゃ にゅ にょ (nya, nyu, nyo)
- ひゃ ひゅ ひょ (hya, hyu, hyo)
- みゃ みゅ みょ (mya, myu, myo)
- りゃ りゅ りょ (rya, ryu, ryo)
- ふぃ ふぇ (fi, fe)
Hiragana videos
Revision quiz
Test yourself if you already know Hiragana.
- Hiragana quiz by Sporcle (external link)
- Hiragana quiz by easyJapanese.org (external link)