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What is Hiragana?


Hiragana is important part of Japanese Language.

English is used only alphabet,number.
Japanese the Hiragana,the Kanji,the Katakana are used for language.
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Hiragana is basic of Japanese.
First of all, the Japanese studies the hiragana.

The meaning runs even if you can write only the hiragana.
However, Japanese only of the hiragana might give a childish image.

Hiragana chart is below. 
Reading is reading of the Roman alphabet. For example あ is A.

あ low(あ い う え お) are vowel.
The others(except い,う,え)are consonants.



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あ(A) か(KA) さ(SA) た(TA) な(NA) は(HA) ま(MA) や(YA) ら(RA) わ(WA) ×
い(I) き(KI) し(SI) ち(TI) に(NI) ひ(HI) み(MI) い(I) り(RI) い(I) ×
う(U) く(KU) す(SU) つ(TU)
(TSU)
ぬ(NU) ふ(FU) む(MU) ゆ(YU) る(RU) う(U) ×
え(E) け(KE) せ(SE) て(TE) ね(NE) へ(HE) め(ME) え(E) れ(RE) え(E) ×
お(O) こ(KO) そ(SO) と(TO) の(NO) ほ(HO) も(MO) よ(YO) ろ(RO) を(WO) ん(N)


Aditionary か た は row have other reading
For example when か change into が( to add " on the right top), the sound become heavy.



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が(GA) だ(DA) ば(BA) ×
ぎ(GI) ぢ(DI) び(BI) ×
ぐ(GU) づ(DU) ぶ(BU) ×
げ(GE) で(DE) べ(BE) ×
ご(GO) ど(DO) ぼ(BO) ×


below chart

Small っ is short jump.
The other small letter are mix sounds.




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あ(A) きゃ
(kya)
しゃ
(sya)
ちゃ
(cya)
にゃ
(nya)
ひゃ
(hya)
みゃ
(mya)
りゃ
(rya)
×
×
う(U) きゅ
(kyu)
しゅ
(syu)
ちゅ
(cyu)
にゅ
(nyu)
ひゅ
(hyu)
みゅ
(myu)
りゅ
(ryu)

(ttu)
×
お(O) きょ
(kyo)
しょ
(syo)
ちょ
(cyo)
にょ
(nyo)
ひょ
(hyo)
みょ
(myo)
りょ
(ryo)
×
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