Hiragana is one of two Chinese logographic characters alongside Katakana. Katakana and Hiragana are both still in use today, and share many similar glyphs, such as Hirigana's か and Katakana's カ, both refering to the sound ka.
Hirigana is composed of:
types 1, 2, and 3 are called "gojuuon," while type 4 is called "youon."
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あ a | い i | う u | え e | お o | basic gojuuon |
か ka | き ki | く ku | け ke | こ ko |
さ sa | し shi | す su | せ se | そ so |
た ta | ち chi | つ tsu | て te | と to |
な na | に ni | ぬ nu | ね ne | の no |
は ha | ひ hi | ふ fu | へ he | ほ ho |
ま ma | み mi | む mu | め me | も mo |
や ya | – | ゆ yu | – | よ yo |
ら ra | り ri | る ru | れ re | ろ ro |
わ wa | – | を wo | gojuuon with dakuten | |
が ga | ぎ gi | ぐ gu | げ ge | ご go |
ざ za | じ ji | ず zu | ぜ ze | ぞ zo |
だ da | ぢ ji | づ zu | で de | ど do |
ば ba | び bi | ぶ bu | べ be | ぼ bo |
ぱ pa | ぴ pi | ぷ pu | ぺ pe | ぽ po | youon |
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 | youon with dakuten |
ぎゃ gya | – | ぎゅ gyu | – | ぎょ gyo |
じゃ ja | – | じゅ ju | – | じょ jo |
ぢゃ ja | – | ぢゅ ju | – | ぢょ jo |
びゃ bya | – | びゅ byu | – | びょ byo |
ぴゃ pya | – | ぴゅ pyu | – | ぴょ pyo | other |
ん n | っ sokuon | ゐ wi |
ゑ we |
ゟ yori |
"なむだいひかんせおんぼさつ。なむあみだぶつ。" reads as "Namu Daihi Kanseon Bosatsu. Namu Amida Butsu."
Several faces often doodled with Hiragana by Japanese school children, derived from the here.
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Henohenomoheji |
Hemehemekutsushi |
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Heneheneshikono |
Kumekumehiroji |