Hiragana

Hiragana

Hiragana is one of the three Japanese alphabets. You should learn them first.

Here is the list of 46 basic Hiragana characters.

  • 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
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【Japanese Alphabet】What is Kana?

Kana means both Hiragana and Katakana. This is how to write 'Kana' in Japanese. There are three ways: かな (written in Hiragana), カナ (written in Katakana) and 仮名 (written in Kanji).
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How many characters (letters) do I have to learn in Japanese?

It may take time to learn Japanese reading and writing because there are so many characters to remember. All Japanese people should be praised as they have to learn them at school to be literate in Japanese.
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Hiragana: まみむめもやゆよらりるれろわをん

On this page, you are going to learn the last 16 Hiragana characters.
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Hiragana: たちつてとなにぬねのはひふへほ

On this page, you are going to learn the 16th to 30th Hiragana characters.
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Hiragana: あいうえおかきくけこさしすせそ

On this page, you are going to learn the first 15 Hiragana characters.
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【Learn Japanese from scratch】What alphabets do Japanese people use?

There are three different types of alphabets they use. They are Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. You should know what Romaji is when you learn Japanese as it helps to learn it with English alphabets. See more details on this page.