The Hiragana Chart
Click any of the Normal (grey) Hiragana 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 Yōon and Dakuten/Handakuten characters. The blue character’s represent the Yōon and the purple characters represent the Dakuten/Handakuten. Pronunciation of these additional class of characters is easily learned after the Normal (grey) Hiragana characters are learned (the Yōon and Dakuten/Handakuten can be deduced from the 46 grey characters below and don’t need to be memorised – see: Yōon Characters and Dakuten/Handakuten Characters for further information).
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きゃ
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きゅ
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きょ
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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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しゃ
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しゅ
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しょ
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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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ちゃ
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ちゅ
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ちょ
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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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にゃ
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にゅ
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にょ
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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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ひゃ
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ひゅ
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ひょ
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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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みゃ
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みゅ
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みょ
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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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りゃ
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りゅ
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りょ
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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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wo/o
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が
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ぎ
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ぐ
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げ
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ご
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ぎゃ
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ぎゅ
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ぎょ
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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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ざ
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じ
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ず
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ぜ
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ぞ
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じゃ
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じゅ
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じょ
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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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だ
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ぢ
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づ
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で
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ど
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ぢゃ
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ぢゅ
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ぢょ
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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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ば
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び
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ぶ
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べ
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ぼ
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びゃ
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びゅ
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びょ
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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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ぱ
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ぴ
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ぷ
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ぺ
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ぽ
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ぴゃ
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ぴゅ
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ぴょ
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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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