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HIRAGANA

Five characters at a time.

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あ い う え お！a i u e o!
HIRAGANAひらがな20 LESSONS

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Start: あ い う え お →Basics: 0 of 10 lessons checked

The basics

All 46 hiragana characters, one row at a time.

  1. 01あ い う え おVowels
  2. 02か き く け こK sounds
  3. 03さ し す せ そS sounds
  4. 04た ち つ て とT sounds
  5. 05な に ぬ ね のN sounds
  6. 06は ひ ふ へ ほH sounds
  7. 07ま み む め もM sounds
  8. 08や ゆ よY sounds
  9. 09ら り る れ ろR sounds
  10. 10わ を んW sounds and ん

Sound changes

が and ぱ, small ゃ ゅ ょ, and small っ · 10 lessons
  1. 11が ぎ ぐ げ ごG sounds
  2. 12ざ じ ず ぜ ぞZ sounds
  3. 13だ ぢ づ で どD sounds
  4. 14ば び ぶ べ ぼB sounds
  5. 15ぱ ぴ ぷ ぺ ぽP sounds
  6. 16きゃ きゅ きょ しゃ しゅ しょ ちゃ ちゅ ちょきゃ, しゃ, ちゃ
  7. 17にゃ にゅ にょ ひゃ ひゅ ひょ みゃ みゅ みょ りゃ りゅ りょにゃ, ひゃ, みゃ, りゃ
  8. 18ぎゃ ぎゅ ぎょ じゃ じゅ じょぎゃ, じゃ
  9. 19びゃ びゅ びょ ぴゃ ぴゅ ぴょびゃ, ぴゃ
  10. 20っSmall っ
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