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Below are the KanaFlash Study Charts, with Hiragana on the left side, and Katakana on the right. These two 'alphabets' parallel each other, with the main difference being that Katakana are traditionally used for words of non-Japanese origin or used as we would use italics in English, for emphasis. The main syllabaries are shown first, followed by variations, such as when 'ha' changes to 'pa' to 'ba' to 'pya', for example. Note the two small dashes added to change the 't' sounds to a 'd' sound, for example. This process is called 'voicing' in Linguistics. In a similar way, a small circle is added to the upper left of the character to make it a 'plosive', such as when 'he' becomes 'pe', etc. Instead of trying to master both Hiragana and Katakana at the same time, most people learn one and then the other, so you may wish to study Hiragana first, then use KanaFlash until you are familiar with the Hiragana, then proceed on to Katakana from there.

Hiragana


wa

ra

ya

ma

ha

na

ta

sa

ka

a


ri


mi

hi

ni

chi

shi

ki

i

wo

ru

yu

mu

fu

nu

tsu

su

ku

u


re


me

he

ne

te

se

ke

e

n

ro

yo

mo

ho

no

to

so

ko

o


Katakana


wa

ra

ya

ma

ha

na

ta

sa

ka

a


ri


mi

hi

ni

chi

shi

ki

i

wo

ru

yu

mu

fu

nu

tsu

su

ku

u


re


me

he

ne

te

se

ke

e

n

ro

yo

mo

ho

no

to

so

ko

o


"Ba-Gyou" ('Ba' lines)

ga

za

da

ba

gi

ji

ji

bi

gu

zu

zu

bu

ge

ze

de

be

go

zo

do

bo


"Pa-Gyou" ('Pa' line)

pa

pi

pu

pe

po


"Ba-Gyou" ('Ba' lines)

ga

za

da

ba

gi

ji

ji

bi

gu

zu

zu

bu

ge

ze

de

be

go

zo

do

bo


"Pa-Gyou" ('Pa' line)

pa

pi

pu

pe

po


"Pya-Gyou" ('Pya' lines)
ぴゃ
pya
びゃ
bya
じゃ
ja
ぎゃ
gya
りゃ
rya
みゃ
mya
ひゃ
hya
にゃ
nya
ちゃ
cha
しゃ
sha
きゃ
kya
ぴゅ
pyu
びゅ
byu
じゅ
ju
ぎゅ
gyu
りゅ
ryu
みゅ
myu
ひゅ
hyu
にゅ
nyu
ちゅ
chu
しゅ
shu
きゅ
kyu
ぴょ
pyo
びょ
byo
じょ
jo
ぎょ
gyo
りょ
ryo
みょ
myo
ひょ
hyo
にょ
nyo
ちょ
cho
しょ
sho
きょ
kyo


"Pya-Gyou" ('Pya' lines)
ピャ
pya
ビャ
bya
ジャ
ja
ギャ
gya
リャ
rya
ミャ
mya
ヒャ
hya
ニャ
nya
チャ
cha
シャ
sha
キャ
kya
ピュ
pyu
ビュ
byu
ジュ
ju
ビュ
gyu
リュ
ryu
ミュ
myu
ヒュ
hyu
ニュ
nyu
チュ
chu
シュ
shu
キュ
kyu
ピョ
pyo
ビョ
byo
ジョ
jo
ギョ
gyo
リョ
ryo
ミョ
myo
ヒョ
hyo
ニョ
nyo
チョ
cho
ショ
sho
キョ
kyo


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