Hiragana characters

Hiragana characters

There are 46 basic hiragana, which can be modified to make 103 characters in all. Modification is done by adding ﾞ, ﾟ or a half-size basic character to the hiragana. For example:
  は (ha) + ﾞ -> ば (ba)
  は (ha) + ﾟ -> ぱ (pa)
  き(ki) + や (ya) -> きゃ (kya)

	あ a	い i	う u	え e	お o
K	か ka	き ki	く ku	け ke	こ ko	きゃ kya	きゅ kyu	きょ kyo
S	さ sa	し shi	す su	せ se	そ so	しゃ sha	しゅ shu	しょ sho
T	た ta	ち chi	つ tsu	て te	と to	ちゃ cha	ちゅ chu	ちょ cho
N	な na	に ni	ぬ nu	ね ne	の no	にゃ nya	にゅ nyu	にょ nyo
H	は ha	ひ hi	ふ fu	へ he	ほ ho	ひゃ hya	ひゅ hyu	ひょ hyo
M	ま ma	み mi	む mu	め me	も mo	みゃ mya		みょ myo
Y	や ya		ゆ yu		よ yo
R	ら ra	り ri	る ru	れ re	ろ ro	りゃ rya	りゅ ryu	りょ ryo
W	わ wa				を (w)o
	ん n
G	が ga	ぎ gi	ぐ gu	げ ge	ご go	ぎゃ gya	ぎゅ guy	ぎょ gyo
Z	ざ za	じ ji	ず zu	ぜ ze	ぞ zo	じゃ ja	じゅ ju	じょ jo
D	だ da	ぢ (ji)	づ (zu)	で de	ど do
B	ば ba	び bi	ぶ bu	べ be	ぼ bo	びゃ bya	びゅ byu	びょ byo
P	ぱ pa	ぴ pi	ぷ pu	ぺ pe	ぽ po	ぴゃ pya	ぴゅ pyu	ぴょ pyo

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With WordDive, you will automatically learn the hiragana characters in order of priority.

Entering exceptional hiragana characters

Below is a list of hiragana characters that are not typed out in a straightforward alphabetical way. For example, the hiragana character ん (n) is entered by pressing the n key twice. For example, きけん (kiken, danger) is entered as "kikenn".

Writing in hiragana

After installing Japanese support, select hiragana as your writing language. Now the characters are typed in Latin alphabet as usual, apart from the exceptions on the left.

Character	Enter	Syllable and pronunciation
ぢ	di	ji
づ	du	zu
を	wo	o
ん	nn	n

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