Click any of the Normal (grey) Hiragana characters below in order to see the characters stroke order and mnemonics for memorisation. Press the button to hear a pronunciation of the character. For ease of use, colouring has been used to separate the Yōon and Dakuten/Handakuten characters. The blue character’s represent the Yōon and the purple characters represent the Dakuten/Handakuten. Pronunciation of these additional class of characters is easily learned after the Normal (grey) Hiragana characters are learned (the Yōon and Dakuten/Handakuten can be deduced from the 46 grey characters below and don’t need to be memorised - see: Yōon Characters and Dakuten/Handakuten Characters for further information).

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