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.
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".
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 |