How to use:

Roll your mouse over each Hiragana character to see the pronunciation and how to write them.

(n) W R Y M H N T S K A ん わ ら や ま は な た さ か あ A り み ひ に ち し き い I る ゆ む ふ ぬ つ す く う U れ め へ ね て せ け え E を ろ よ も ほ の と そ こ お O

When you learn to read Japanese, studying Hiragana and Katakana is a good place to start. Hiragana and Katakana are the basic scripts used in Japanese to write the basic syllables of the language.

Hiragana is used for general words and verb endings and Katakana is usually used for scientific and foreign loan words. So if you are learning to read and write Hiragana and Katakana for the first time, or want to review what you know, then this cheat sheet should be useful for your studies.

This cheat sheet includes all the various configurations of Hiragana and Katakana in an easy to read chart with a guide in roman letters. You can download it to your hard disk and study it there. Or why not print it our and stick it on your wall as an easy and quick reference guide?

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