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Hiragana chart to print.

Every hiragana character with its romaji, on two pages: the 46 basic characters, then the marks and blended sounds. Free to print for yourself or your class.

Two pages on A4 or Letter.

Tap the letter at the start of a row (k, s, t …) to open the lesson for that row.

Hiragana chart

The 46 basic characters

Hiragana: the 46 basic characters
	a	i	u	e	o
–	あa	いi	うu	えe	おo
k	かka	きki	くku	けke	こko
s	さsa	しshi	すsu	せse	そso
t	たta	ちchi	つtsu	てte	とto
n	なna	にni	ぬnu	ねne	のno
h	はha	ひhi	ふfu	へhe	ほho
m	まma	みmi	むmu	めme	もmo
y	やya		ゆyu		よyo
r	らra	りri	るru	れre	ろro
w	わwa				をwo
n	んn

を is written “wo” but said “o”. Read each row left to right: a, i, u, e, o.

Hiragana chart

Marks and blended sounds

With marks: か → が, は → ぱ
	a	i	u	e	o
g	がga	ぎgi	ぐgu	げge	ごgo
z	ざza	じji	ずzu	ぜze	ぞzo
d	だda	ぢji	づzu	でde	どdo
b	ばba	びbi	ぶbu	べbe	ぼbo
p	ぱpa	ぴpi	ぷpu	ぺpe	ぽpo

っSmall っ marks a brief pause before the next consonant. In romaji, double that consonant: きっぷ is kippu.

With a small ゃ, ゅ or ょ
	a	u	o
ky	きゃkya	きゅkyu	きょkyo
sh	しゃsha	しゅshu	しょsho
ch	ちゃcha	ちゅchu	ちょcho
ny	にゃnya	にゅnyu	にょnyo
hy	ひゃhya	ひゅhyu	ひょhyo
my	みゃmya	みゅmyu	みょmyo
ry	りゃrya	りゅryu	りょryo
gy	ぎゃgya	ぎゅgyu	ぎょgyo
j	じゃja	じゅju	じょjo
by	びゃbya	びゅbyu	びょbyo
py	ぴゃpya	ぴゅpyu	ぴょpyo

ぢ and づ sound the same as じ and ず. They are rare: you usually write じ and ず.

How to read the chart

Each row is one consonant and each column is one vowel, so the character where “k” meets “a” is said “ka”. The order of the vowels is always a, i, u, e, o. The first row, marked “–”, is the five vowels on their own. The last row, “n”, is a single character: the only consonant that stands alone.

A few sounds are not spelled the way the pattern suggests. On the first page, watch “shi”, “chi”, “tsu” and “fu”. On the second page, watch “ji”, and the blended sounds “sha”, “cha” and “ja”, which are written without a “y”.

The letter at the start of a row opens the lesson for that row, with stroke order, audio and words to read.

How to use it

Print the chart with romaji and keep it beside you while you learn. When a row starts to feel easy, press “Hide romaji” and print again: now it is a test sheet. Say each character out loud, or write the romaji in by hand.

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