Learn Hiragana
Chapters
How Japanese Is Written
Why Japanese uses three scripts, and the 46 sounds you start with.
Hiragana: Vowels
The five vowels every other sound is built from.
Hiragana: K Row
Add a K sound in front of each vowel.
Hiragana: S Row
The S row, and the one that breaks the pattern.
Hiragana: T Row
Two of these are not the sounds you expect.
Hiragana: N Row
Five soft sounds, and a pair that look alike.
Hiragana: H Row
Five H sounds, and one that sits between H and F.
Hiragana: M Row
Five M sounds to round out the middle.
Hiragana: Y and W Rows
Two short rows to nearly finish the set.
Hiragana: R Row and ん
Finish hiragana with the last six!
Two Ticks and a Circle
Two marks that unlock twenty five more sounds.
Small Kana
A small kana either joins the sound before it or holds the sound after it.
Long Vowels
Holding a vowel longer changes the word.
Where Hiragana Takes You
What you can read now, and what comes next.