The Katakana Chart
Click any of the Normal (grey) Katakana characters below in order to see the characters stroke order and mnemonics for memorisation. Press the button to hear a pronunciation of the character. For ease of use, colouring has been used to separate the Yoon and Dakuten/Handakuten characters. The blue character’s represent the Yoon and the purple characters represent the Dakuten/Handakuten. Pronunciation of these additional class of characters is easily learned after the Normal (grey) Katakana characters are learned (the Yoon and Dakuten/Handakuten can be deduced from the 46 grey characters below and don’t need to be memorised – see: Yoon Characters and Dakuten/Handakuten Characters for further information).
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a
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i
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e
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キャ
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キュ
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キョ
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ka
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ki
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ku
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ke
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ko
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kya
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kyu
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kyo
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シャ
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シュ
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ショ
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sa
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si/shi
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su
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se
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so
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sya/sha
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syu/shu
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syo/sho
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チャ
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チョ
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ta
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ti/chi
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tu/tsu
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te
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to
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tya/cha
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tyu/chu
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tyo/cho
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ニャ
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ニュ
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ニョ
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na
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ni
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nu
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ne
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no
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nya
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nyu
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nyo
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ヒャ
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ヒュ
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ha
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hi
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hu/fu
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he/e
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ho
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hya
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hyu
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hyo
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ミャ
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ミュ
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ミョ
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ma
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mi
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mu
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me
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mo
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mya
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myu
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myo
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ya
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yu
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yo
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リャ
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リュ
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リョ
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ra
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ri
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ru
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re
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ro
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rya
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ryu
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ryo
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wa
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wo/o
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n
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ガ
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ギ
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グ
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ゲ
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ゴ
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ギャ
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ギュ
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ギョ
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ga
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gi
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gu
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ge
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go
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gya
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gyu
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gyo
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ザ
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ジ
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ズ
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ゼ
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ゾ
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ジャ
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ジュ
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ジョ
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za
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zi/ji
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zu
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ze
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zo
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zya/ja
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zyu/ju
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zyo/jo
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ダ
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ヂ
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ヅ
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デ
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ド
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ヂャ
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ヂュ
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ヂョ
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da
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di/ji
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du/zu
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de
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do
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dya/ja
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dyu/ju
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dyo/jo
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バ
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ビ
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ブ
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ベ
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ボ
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ビャ
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ビュ
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ビョ
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ba
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bi
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bu
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be
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bo
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bya
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byu
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byo
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パ
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ピ
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プ
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ペ
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ポ
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ピャ
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ピュ
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ピョ
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pa
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pi
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pu
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pe
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po
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pya
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pyu
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pyo
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