BASIC KATAKANA SYLLABARY

a ka sa ta na ha ma ya ra wa ri i ki shi chi ni hi mi u ku su tsu nu hu mu yu ru wo re e ke se te ne he me o ko so to no ho mo yo ro n

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MODIFIED KATAKANA
DAKUTEN are the two small strokes that change the sound of symbols. The k sound becomes a g sound so ka becomes ga The s sound becomes a z sound so sa

becomes za The t sound becomes a d sound so ta becomes da The h sound becomes a b sound so ha becomes ba
HANDAKUTEN is a small circle that changes 'h' to 'p'. So ha

becomes pa

ga gi gu ge go

za zi zu ze zo

da di du de do

ba bi bu be bo

pa pi pu pe po

YON uses smaller than usual versions of one of the three y kana, ya, yu or yo to make a contracted word.

kya

gya

sha

za

cha

mya

kyu

gyu

shu

zu

chu

myu

kyo

gyo

sho

zo

cho

myo

nya

hya

bya

pya

rya

da

nyu

hyu

byu

pyu

ryu

du

nyo

hyo

byo

pyo

ryo

do

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