Hiragana chart
Hiragana is the cursive syllabary used for native Japanese words, particles and verb and adjective endings. It is the first script to learn.
Click a character to hear it and see how to write it.
Basic sounds
The gojūon (五十音) table of 46 characters.
Voiced sounds
Add ゛ (dakuten) or ゜ (handakuten) to a basic sound.
Combined sounds
An i-column character followed by a small ya, yu or yo.