a - あ
i - い
u - う
e - え
o - お
ka - か
ki - き
ku - く
ke - け
ko - こ
sa - さ
shi - し
su - す
se - せ
so - そ
ta - た
chi - ち
tsu - つ
te - て
to - と
na - な
ni - に
nu - ぬ
ne - ね
ne - no
ha - は
hi - ひ
fu - ふ
he - へ
ho - ほ
ma - ま
mi - み
mu - む
me - め
mo - も
ya - や
yu - ゆ
yo - よ
ra - ら
ri - り
ru - る
re - れ
ro - ろ
wa - わ
wi - ゐ
wo - を
n - ん
Dakuten and Handakuten
Now that you know how to draw the characters, you should also know something about theDakuten (゛)andHandakuten (ﾟ).
These dyacritics will change a bit some of the vowels we've just learned:
か (Ka)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeが (Ga)
き (Ki)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぎ (Gi)
く (Ku)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぐ (Gu)
け (Ke)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeげ (Ge)
こ (Ko)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeご (Go)
さ (Sa)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeざ (Za)
し (Shi)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeじ (Ji)
す (Su)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeず (Zu)
せ (Se)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぜ (Ze)
そ (So)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぞ (Zo)*The character そ also has a variant namely ソ
た (Ta)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeだ (Da)
ち (Chi)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぢ (Dji)
つ (Tsu)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeづ (Dzu)
て (Te)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeで (De)
と (To)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeど (Do)
は (Ha)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeば (Ba)は (Ha)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぱ (Pa)
ひ (Hi)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeび (Bi)ひ (Hi)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぴ (Pi)
ふ (Fu)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぶ (Bu)ふ (Fu)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぷ (Pu)
へ (He)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeベ (Be)へ (He)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeペ (Pe)
ほ (Ho)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeぼ (Bo)ほ (Ho)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぽ (Po)
Hiragana Dyagraphs
If you thought the fun part is over when it comes to this script, you are wrong, my friend! In hiragana we also have theseDyagraphswhich are basically groups of theや (Ya), ゆ (Yu), よ (Yo) vowels plus a consonant. Let's have a look at them:
きゃ (Kya)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぎゃ (Gya)
きゅ (Kyu)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぎゅ (Gyu)
きょ (Kyo)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぎょ (Gyo)
しゃ (Sha)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeじゃ (Ja)
しゅ (Shu)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeじゅ (Ju)
しょ (Sho)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeじょ (Jo)
ちゃ (Cha)
ちゅ (Chu)
ちょ (Cho)
にゃ (Nya)
にゅ (Nyu)
にょ (Nyo)
ひゃ (Hya)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeびゃ (Bya)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぴゃ (Pya)
ひゅ (Hyu)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeびゅ (Byu)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぴゅ (Pyu)
ひょ (Hyo)used with the dakuten (゛) will becomeびょ (Byo)used with the handakuten (ﾟ) will becomeぴょ (Pyo)
みゃ (Mya)
みゅ (Myu)
みょ (Myo)
りゃ (Rya)
りゅ (Ryu)
りょ (Ryo)
Practice time!
Practice makes perfect so for starters I will give you some words with the hiragana characters.
うえ (up/above)
あい (love)
いいえ (no)
あおい (blue)
えいが (movie)
こえ (voice)
かく (to write)
かげ (shadow)
きおく (memory)
かぎ (key)
おおきい (big)
しお (salt)
じこ (accident)
すし (sushi)
さいご (last)
おさけ (alcohool)
すぐ (immediately)
がくせい (student)
かさ (umbrella)
おかしい (weird)
すこし (a little)
きし (knight)
さすう (to invite)
うさぎ (rabbit)
かえす (to return)
こうこうせい (student)
さがす (to search)
さく (to bloom)
おねがい (please/request)
ねこ (cat)
おかね (money)
いぬ (dog)
ふくざつ (complicated)
はな (flower)
はなび (fireworkds)
きもの (kimono)
まいにち (every day)
むずかし (difficult)
あたま (head)
め (eye)
おふろ (bath)
さる (monkey)
くすり (medicine)
きょう (today)
わたし (I/me)
たんじょうび (birthday)
おかあさん (mother)
Writing time!
Let's see if you can recognize the characters correctly
As a final practice material, I will also give you this cute little table with hiragana characters:
