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ha



 ha-(hah)

hi



 hi-(hee)

fu



 fu-(fhu)see note 1

he



 he-(heh)

ho



 ho-(hoh)

 kanachart.com is a free and easy online kana reference for those learning japanese.

 hiragana and katakana alphabets are arranged by their starting letter; just click on the letter you want.

 the numbered notes below the chart add little explanations for special characters that are different to normal ones.

 new get the whole hiragana alphabet in a printable one page document

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ba



 ba-(bah)

bi



 bi-(bee)

bu



 bu-(boo)

be



 be-(beh)

bo



 bo-(boh)

pa



 pa-(pah)

pi



 pi-(pee)

pu



 pu-(pooh)

pe



 pe-(peh)

po



 po-(poh)

hya



 hya-(hyah)


hyu



 hyu-(hyoo)


hyo



 hyo-(hyoh)

bya



 bya-(byah)


byu



 byu-(byoo)


byo



 byo-(byoh)

pya



 pya-(pyah)


pyu



 pyu-(pyoo)


pyo



 pyo-(pyoh)
 note 1: the character 'fu' is an exception to the h characters in that it starts with f. as shown in the pronunciation brackets it is pronounced differently too.
 kc says: all characters starting with h can be changed into other sounds with punctuation marks. the dashes change the characters so they start with b, the little circles make them start with p.
 kc says: when combined with a little (lower-case) character you compress the sounds of the two characters, making new (more rarely used) characters; pronounced as shown. only the characters shown here can be compressed in this way.
examples
ha-i - hai (means 'yes') ho-n - hon (means 'book')

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